tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147920534572837961.post458162774972889650..comments2023-10-06T12:12:31.468-04:00Comments on The MFA/MFYou Newsletter: The Line Between Acceptance and RejectionAshley Cowgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362214167891115633noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147920534572837961.post-78895146454095706822008-07-12T10:02:00.000-04:002008-07-12T10:02:00.000-04:00I love the concept of MFA/MFyou. I think this is ...I love the concept of MFA/MFyou. I think this is a fantastic idea and we're going to be supporting you through our journal. <BR/><BR/>Very very good writers certainly get rejected and it's tough stuff. Sometimes an editor had a bad day, sometimes you get too much great stuff, and sometimes you just published a "my car got stolen" story the issue before that was done worse but you want to give the "my little pony" story a shot instead.<BR/><BR/>At Our Stories we have try to reach the emerging writers. There is an entire pool of writers who are good enough to publish but they goofed something up, they have no ability to get feedback and probably just keep getting rejected making the same mistakes over and over again. So we say maybe, work through drafts with them, do workshops and do a live blog in revisions.<BR/><BR/>At Our Stories we give feedback to everyone who submits to us. Everyone. We think we're changing the game out there and I think you and your husband would dig us. I could get into our philosophy as to why we do this and how it came about but there's enough stuff about it on our website and on other blogs.<BR/><BR/>Best of luck with the journal and I'll post a link to you guys on our site. <BR/><BR/>Welcome to the community,<BR/><BR/>Alexis Enrico Santi<BR/>http://www.ourstories.us<BR/><BR/><BR/>PS -- Permafrost is a great journal--one of the best. Feel good about it, the back issues are just part of the deal.Alexis E. Santihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078443828364229886noreply@blogger.com