#Rejections

Dan Marrazza

DanMarrazza

Since I know there’s a lot of job seekers in sports social media that are really discouraged lately by what seems like endless applications with few (if any) interviews, I

Sophie Raine

VictorianPopFic

I know academia is a precarious and difficult field but I am *so* tired of the whole 'do not do a PhD' tweets. I get that it's just people being

Brown Skin 🍫

JaysVillas1

Cool story about this coffee, as I was checking prices to purchase my morning coffee, this gent walks up and offers to pay for my coffee, then reminds me that

Rita Strack

rita_strack

This is a #ritaunsolicited ridiculously long thread (actually 1/2 threads) on…appeals! I plan to cover many topics in the coming weeks, but I think appeals are particularly ripe for conversation.

Kristin Wong

thewildwong

Now that I'm an editor (albeit a new one), I'm gonna say something I needed to hear when I was a freelance writer just starting out... If you've sent me

Michael Foran

michaelpforan

A few people have reached out to me to offer words of support on the state of the academic job market - also to share some true horror stories faced

Jessica James

literarilyjess

Reminder:Quick success in publishing is always the exception, not the rule. If it doesn’t happen for you that way, that doesn’t mean you’re a failure. Often the whirlwind success is

beth phelan

beth_phelan

i do love seeing editors at traditionally closed publishers opening their submissions to un-agented Black authors! if i can, please keep two things in mind: 1. If you are soliciting,

will graham's cake

runawaygraham

i can't stop thinking about that fic where will is like MAD that he's in love with hannibal bc that's a whole cannibal and he's like "I WAS HAPPY ALONE"

sunflower

salzuuuuu

A thread of things I wish I knew in the 1st year of GNLU: 1. Your grade is very very important, please don’t set it aside even if you’re gaining

Derek Künsken

DerekKunsken

Rejectomancy, or, Derek tries to make a tweet thread again. I've been thinking for a while about handling rejection. It's obviously like a core competency of being a writer, along

Josh McFayden

JoshMcFayden

It's nice to be able to share good news: I will be a @royalsociety URF with @SussexUni from Nov! But I know many people will also be struggling with rejection

KAZ🐺

almightykazs

Overcoming Fear of RejectionShort Thread Rejection feels brutal and there is no other way to admit that. But there is nothing of worth you will achieve without feeling rejection at

Dr Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay 👩🏻🎓⚗️💊🚽

cgl_119

While we all face grant rejections, I have noticed that there are two categories of academics in the UK. The ones who know a next grant is coming and those

emmy, purveyor of spines

saskeah

1/ The number one question I am getting asked by querying authors right now is, I see you've signed a BUNCH OF PEOPLE lately. "Are you... planning to continue at

Hayley Stevenson

hayley_stev

A few words on desk-rejected papers: lately at @PolStudies we´ve had a few disgruntled authors complain about desk rejects, claiming we failed to recognise the originality of their argument. Of