For a story that I wrote, revised, and submitted over the course of 30 days, I’m surprised I received such a quality rejection. I’m pleased she went into such detail, points being positive and constructive. I figured a personal rejection from Triangualtion would be myabe a paragraph, some feedback on whatever ailing issue destroyed the story. But no — it was a page long. I am very grateful and will definitely be revising this one before sending it out again.
And I think the response has encouraged me to maintain the theme in the story. I don’t think I can pull the rainbow out too easily. I’ll revise the rest of it and start submitting it elsewhere and see what happens.
What I learned? Don’t wait until the last minute. I was stuck on the idea for the longest time before I finally wrote it, and had only enough time for two decent revisions. One more revision round might have been enough. When next year’s theme is announced, I’ll be getting to work on it right away. I want to get better at deadlines. I’ll write and revise better. This is my first year of serious submission: it’s my training-wheels year. Next year, I’m riding a two-wheeler.
DAWN BONANNO 