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thank you for the answer, your explanation is cogent, logical, and rational--and as a beginning, mature writer many of the practises in the publishing world are not obvious. There's a million things we all need to understand and if you've been out of the ballpark for a while, then the internal workings of a lit mag are mysterious. even this subtsack thing is weird to navigate for those unfamiliar. all i can say is thank you thank you thank you for this and will be reading as much as i can to try to get up to speed. and many thanks for sharing your experience about training editors and the dangers of some who seek to re-write poems that aren't theirs. my wife experienced this and she is still now reticent to write poetry and i feel bad because i was the one who told her to actually open up and share her personal poems of growing up in New York--so you bet that the editors can make or break a journal! thank you again for the very fine job you are doing and we appreciate your efforts very much. thank you.

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*** How to get fewer rejections and save time: (A.) look for one key phrase in a rejection email: encouragement to submit in the future; (B.) if the rejection omits mentioning the hope / interest / desire to see your work again and (instead) wishes you well finding a home for your writing elsewhere, this is the ultimate KISS-OFF; (D.) recognize the KISS-OFF for what it is (a bad fit) & cross this lit-mag off your list forever.

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