tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27602223.post116647899895441270..comments2024-02-15T07:41:44.794-05:00Comments on The Freudian Petticoat: Onward and UpwardPamphiliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07709191371678901051noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27602223.post-1167529873747432032006-12-30T20:51:00.000-05:002006-12-30T20:51:00.000-05:00Are you in Montréal now? I'm still at my parents, ...Are you in Montréal now? I'm still at my parents, but my flight arrives back in town at 9:30pm on New Year's Eve. How long are you in town for? We must meet up, so send me an email...Pantagruellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276888537167616031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27602223.post-1167290238450072962006-12-28T02:17:00.000-05:002006-12-28T02:17:00.000-05:00Flavia and Jonathan-- Thanks so much for taking th...Flavia and Jonathan-- Thanks so much for taking the time to write such encouraging words. I'm lucky to have colleagues like you two in the blogosphere.<BR/><BR/>Oddly, flavia, only the first journal (the prestigious SQ) took the time to give me very useful (and some un-useful) comments and reviews. They wanted me to revise and resubmit but were quite positive about its fate. I did everything they asked and then they rejected it on the basis of a) completely new problems they had with it and b) a completely incorrect and erroneous philological assumption. Turns out their comments were useful, but hurt the article. It took me another year to realize that, though.<BR/><BR/>The second and third journals-- both more generalist and admittedly difficult to get into as a no-name --sent it back with no comments. Which makes me think it wasn't a good fit.<BR/><BR/>Since the only journal to express interest was a "specialist" (Renaissance) journal, next on the list are a number of top specialist journals. And I've cut out the hideous introduction SQ wanted me to append because I've come to see that it delays the argument and even reads like dipping.<BR/><BR/>I do know that I could send it to a decent-but-not-highly-competitive journal and get it published. But I'm ambitious, so I'm working my way down the list.<BR/><BR/>Hope you're having fun at MLA, f, and I'll see you in Montreal, j!Pamphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07709191371678901051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27602223.post-1166894370144082582006-12-23T12:19:00.000-05:002006-12-23T12:19:00.000-05:00Just keep sending it out. The letter will eventual...Just keep sending it out. The letter will eventually arrive. Journals are bent toward mediocrity because most reviewers have no imagination and mostly think of themselves as police, rather that creative thinkers.<BR/><BR/>And if you've got some time when you're in Mtl, drop a line. We're here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27602223.post-1166648803574447882006-12-20T16:06:00.000-05:002006-12-20T16:06:00.000-05:00Wow, what an impressive record (of sorts) for that...Wow, what an impressive record (of sorts) for that essay of yours! The good news is that if it was rejected twice without even having been sent to readers, that probably means that the journals in question simply thought it wasn't right for their particular readership or focus--that happens all the time in scholarly *book* publishing, and it isn't usually a judgment on the work's quality at all. What did the third journal say? Did you get useful feedback?<BR/><BR/>The initial reader for what became my first published article HATED it. He hated it so much that he provided me with--and I'm totally serious here--a THIRTEEN-PAGE, SINGLE-SPACED review. It wasn't clear, though, that what he hated was actually what I'd written (his review included, among other bizarre things, a lecture on the Vietnam War). Luckily, the editor of the journal obviously thought the reviewer was crazy, too, and told me to make whatever revisions I wanted to, and send it back.<BR/><BR/>Point being, there's often no rhyme or reason to how publishing decisions are made. I'm sure you know that already, and it sounds as though you have faith in your warrior--but I thought I'd pitch in with a little extra encouragement for him anyway. <BR/><BR/>Happy break--Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.com