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# just-chill
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feralkid
04/16/2023, 5:15 PMI don't mean to poo poo anyone's taste - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:16 PMThe writers who hold those opinions will never get anywhere. We Google everyone before we accept, and we're not the only ones, lol. - d
doe.a.dear
04/16/2023, 5:16 PMModern family as the shining would be interesting - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:16 PMSo, for those of you lurking: Tweet anti-editor bullshit at your own peril. - f
feralkid
04/16/2023, 5:17 PMeditors - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:17 PMIt's certainly a bold choice to talk badly and make negative generalizations about the people you hope will pay you and elevate your career, but you do you. 🤷♀️ - f
feralkid
04/16/2023, 5:17 PMbleeeeh - f
feralkid
04/16/2023, 5:17 PMno dont say that, my contrarianism makes me want to do it immediately - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:17 PMLOL - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:17 PMBut...you're one of us? - f
feralkid
04/16/2023, 5:17 PMI would never on my own but now I'm feeling a strong pull - f
feralkid
04/16/2023, 5:18 PMI'm the Daywalker, walking between the two worlds, belonging to none - f
feralkid
04/16/2023, 5:18 PMalso I havent written anything in like 2 years - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:18 PMMost writers who have been in the pro/semi-pro world for a while have also been editors. So yeah, the editor hate from newbie writers (who are often acting out because they take rejections too personally) is so silly to me. - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:18 PMLMFAO, me IRL. - f
feralkid
04/16/2023, 5:18 PMthere's criticism you can level at specific editors (and I do, in private) but yeah - f
feralkid
04/16/2023, 5:18 PMit's not a us vs them - f
feralkid
04/16/2023, 5:19 PMwhy would it be - f
feralkid
04/16/2023, 5:19 PMthat's like having animosity towards your plumber or something - d
doe.a.dear
04/16/2023, 5:19 PMAgree, @Alin (she/her) if you write long enough, you'll become 'the villain'/editor - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:19 PMYeah, it's market forces against all of us. The sooner everyone learns that, the better. - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:20 PMWe've got enough people trying to hold our heads underwater. - f
feralkid
04/16/2023, 5:20 PMI do like shitting on editors that say ''im sorry but everyone in our TOC is a white male above the age of 60, for some mysterious reason the best stories are written by this demographic, we simply publish what is the best!" - d
davisbenjamin
04/16/2023, 5:21 PMYeah I’ve had writers lash out hard after rejections in the past. But honestly 99% have either said nothing or been super kind. Really idk if it’s naive but I think that most people have good intentions but just those with bad ones tend to be loudest - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:21 PMYes. These are the editors we're allowed to cast side-eye at. - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:21 PMAnyone "lashes out" at me or my team, that will be the last time they ever get to interact with us again. - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:21 PMWe permaban shitheads. - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:22 PMWith extreme prejudice. - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:22 PMBut now, all replies to rejections go into a "black hole." - a
Alin (she/her)
04/16/2023, 5:22 PMThey reply, it gets auto-deleted. In this way, we safe shitheads from themselves.