How to Translate a Publisher’s Rejection Letter

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Since I’m smack in the middle of submitting two manuscripts, the rejection letters are coming in and while most of them are pretty clear: “No, but thanks”, some leave a little room for interpretation. Read on to see what I mean.

Let’s assume in all these scenarios that you’ve had a response to your query letter, asking for you to send a partial or full manuscript.

Here are examples of three types of rejections you may have received, and my interpretation of what th...