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GREAT MOMENTS IN FREELANCE REJECTION

  • Mar. 1st, 2006 at 8:15 AM
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1. Being told by a heavy metal magazine that my pitch was about "the wrong kind of metal"

2. Being told that my article about people who are paid to make up stories about men in longjohns who fly around and fight crime is "too cerebral"

3. Being told that the publication to whom I submitted a proposal was "trying to get away from customer service"

SPECIAL GREAT MOMENTS IN JOB INTERVIEWS BONUS:

1. Being told in a follow-up call "if we were a different kind of company, you'd have the job"

PLUS BONUS ADDED GREAT MOMENT IN SAME JOB INTERVIEW:

2. Being told by the interviewer that "I had to advise the staff to pass, but it's not really up to me"

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[info]proteus454 wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 02:49 pm (UTC)
1. Being told by a heavy metal magazine that my pitch was about "the wrong kind of metal"

I am morbidly curious.
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[info]ludickid wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 03:14 pm (UTC)
Oh, they were probably dead right -- it's a mainstream metal mag, and I was writing about the new microtrend of prog/jazz metal, which probably isn't much to their readers' taste. (Oddly enough, an acquaintance of mine who does a lot of writing for jazz pubs says I'd probably have better luck with it in a jazz magazine.)

I just found the phrase "the wrong kind of metal" sort of amusing.
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[info]toyman wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 11:45 pm (UTC)
write up an article about cadmium, and send it to them.
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[info]blue_straggler wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 03:17 pm (UTC)
Man, all of these have an aura of "It's not you, it's me." I feel like I should be telling you there are other fish in the sea, or that you probably weren't right for each other anyway. Or that none of us liked those publications anyway, but then they might start accepting your stuff, in which case we'll all have to pretend we never said anything bad about them.
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[info]ludickid wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 04:02 pm (UTC)
Your ability to take rejection increases the more freelancing you do. Nowadays, it's not even painful; the most I hope for is inexplicably amusing.
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[info]oilyrags wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 03:41 pm (UTC)
Hey, at least you aren't temping for a bunch of goddamn liars who say they'll be needing you for a month, then after three days say 'okay, bye!'

I'm ready to start stabbing people in the face, I tell ya...
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[info]calamityjon wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 03:59 pm (UTC)
Stabbing in the face is so permanent. I'd recommend just shitting down their face-holes.
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[info]manningkrull wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2006 07:03 pm (UTC)
This would've been a good place for the Matador of Shame icon.
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[info]xanthussaves wrote:
Mar. 2nd, 2006 08:57 am (UTC)
I'm sorry, Leo, but your audience demands more action in a post like this. Perhaps if you could work in a bit about you chasing a monkey, we could reconsider. Unfortunately, at this time, we will just have to pass.
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Leonard Pierce is a freelance writer wandering around Texas with no sleep or sense of direction. If you give him money he will write something for you. If you are nice to him he may come to your house and get drunk.

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