How to Read a Rejection Letter

An Editor’s Guide to Reading Between the Lines

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I am a writer, but I’m also an editor. For decades, I’ve worked with writers to improve and publish their prose. (I’ve also edited over a dozen anthologies, for a number of different publishers.)

Because my own work has run in every publication you can think of, from the Funny Times to the New York Times…