Rejection Letter Rundown: The Considered Rejection

Often youhave to wait quite a while for a publisher to get back to you about a submission, which is just a reality of being a writer, butwhen you have good reason to hope your story will be accepted, the waiting can be pretty nail-biting and the possible rejection all bitmore disappointing. Therejection letter du jour is the considered rejection, which is a whole process that begins with an encouraging note like this.

“XXX” has been accepted into our final round of consideration. We will be l...