Current mood:	amused
Entry tags:	fantasy magazine

Moving Gracefully Through the Universe
Sending pissy notes to an editor about how you won't be submitting again because you worked very hard on that last submission doesn't fly well for several reasons:

1) Most of us work hard on our stories. At least 90% of mine are like sweating blood. Not to sound too harsh, but cry me a river, dude.
2) Rejection is hard but necessary. I submitted a number of stories to Fantasy Magazine before selling one to them.  I would guess that my subs to F&SF number in the couple of dozen by now.  And there are writers who are easily on their 13th, 14th, maybe more rejection to Fantasy since I became co-editor and I think that's awesome and will gladly keep reading their stories because they're getting better with every one they write.
3) You are violating Cat's first rule: Don't be a jackass.