“Three decades ago I received typewritten rejection letters that were thoughtful, insightful, sometimes even beneficial. The electronic burps I’m getting today are, for the most part, shallow, cursory and absolutely useless to me as a writer.”
Author Bill Morris on “The Sorry State of the Rejection Letter.”
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