Post by rorschalk on Jun 22, 2023 21:43:49 GMT
Dear Mr. VC,
DARK BLUE did not meet our specifications. Here's Rockefeller's critique. Better luck next time.
Post by rockefeller on Jun 19, 2023 at 6:36am
Like our leader, the illustrious Ted Rorschalk, here, I too was impressed with Mr. Soltani's cover letter. So impressed that I too was willing to overlook its want of TQR vernacular, or any indication of his having read our guidelines. Steeped in academia's accomplishments, this VC having now turned his clearly formidable attention to creative writing, I even skipped over other capital awaiting my perusal to give his Dark Blue a peek. I don't think Mr. Rorschalk (aka The Monkey) went that far. To be perfectly honest and slightly uncharacteristically heartless, I only got as far as page 2. And this far only because I wondered if I wasn't dealing with an unreliable narrator whose copious grammatical and punctuation errors weren't intentional, as in a voice thing. But the utter puerility of the narrative, a kind of teenager-y journal, quickly belied this conjecture and I could not but bail. Frankly, it reminded me of pieces workshopped on various writers forums I once frequented by... What is the politically correct & woke term now? I know "retards" is a no-no. The "cognitively challenged" maybe? Editorial scrapes were pointless, like washing a dirt floor. Most, sensitive to their handicaps, tried to be helpful, encouraged they continue writing, just maybe hold off on the subbing for a time. This cap is so bad I almost want to call bullshit on the cover letter. But then I remember that academic writing has always been some of the absolute worst. Throw in second-language challenges and... well... keep at it Mr. Soltani. Just don't give up your day job.
[addendum]
Mystified by the terribleness of this sub, I have shouldered through the text to try to glean a story. The title is drawn from a binary code fallen walnuts somehow express. I like that geeky computer/math stuff. And the piece is not without some poetic beauty. Still a hard and easy no, but with a tad more respect.
DARK BLUE did not meet our specifications. Here's Rockefeller's critique. Better luck next time.
Post by rockefeller on Jun 19, 2023 at 6:36am
Like our leader, the illustrious Ted Rorschalk, here, I too was impressed with Mr. Soltani's cover letter. So impressed that I too was willing to overlook its want of TQR vernacular, or any indication of his having read our guidelines. Steeped in academia's accomplishments, this VC having now turned his clearly formidable attention to creative writing, I even skipped over other capital awaiting my perusal to give his Dark Blue a peek. I don't think Mr. Rorschalk (aka The Monkey) went that far. To be perfectly honest and slightly uncharacteristically heartless, I only got as far as page 2. And this far only because I wondered if I wasn't dealing with an unreliable narrator whose copious grammatical and punctuation errors weren't intentional, as in a voice thing. But the utter puerility of the narrative, a kind of teenager-y journal, quickly belied this conjecture and I could not but bail. Frankly, it reminded me of pieces workshopped on various writers forums I once frequented by... What is the politically correct & woke term now? I know "retards" is a no-no. The "cognitively challenged" maybe? Editorial scrapes were pointless, like washing a dirt floor. Most, sensitive to their handicaps, tried to be helpful, encouraged they continue writing, just maybe hold off on the subbing for a time. This cap is so bad I almost want to call bullshit on the cover letter. But then I remember that academic writing has always been some of the absolute worst. Throw in second-language challenges and... well... keep at it Mr. Soltani. Just don't give up your day job.
[addendum]
Mystified by the terribleness of this sub, I have shouldered through the text to try to glean a story. The title is drawn from a binary code fallen walnuts somehow express. I like that geeky computer/math stuff. And the piece is not without some poetic beauty. Still a hard and easy no, but with a tad more respect.
