I saw this quote today, and it made me laugh...
"Asking a working writer what we thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs" --Christopher Hampton
Hahaha... This is how I feel whenever I get papers back or rejections from journals/conferences! I'm glad someone was able to sum it up so nicely!
~~December 3, 2011~~
Re: For all you grad students and/or writers
Motolyn's House Remodel Blog Starting anew Nov. 2012.
We have to do prelim papers in my program once you finish all the coursework. I was always told I had great papers and was a good writer. I wrote my first prelim paper, and it failed. I have never failed at anything school related, I was crushed. The good news is that we can write a second paper and it passed.
I'm writing a dissertation now, so I think I might print out this quote and hang it above my desk at school
We just got rejected with a HOSTILE review though. So that was kinda lame. But it'll get accepted somewhere - it's good research, if I do say so myself.