fair and balanced
Now, I’ve had a LOT of good news lately, so I’m just going to take this in stride. An editor sent her comments on a couple of my stories…
[Story #1] really captures the mood and feelings that came up after 9/11, and I like the almost-magical realism of the world you’ve created. I can’t point to the writing. All I can say is that this manuscript doesn’t feel like a good fit for me.
That’s what I usually get: not a good fit. Which, in my mind, is the point Neesha was trying to make in her post about aesthetics. There’s nothing actually wrong with the story or the writing, the editor just doesn’t want it. Can’t really argue with that, can you? She said she liked “Munecas,” but had a laundry list of things she wants changed, so we’ll be moving on…
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