So I got a letter back from the Online Magazine about my short story Bastet which read as follows:
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Hi Beaulah,
Thank you for your ideas. We've discussed them, and after some thought,
we feel that the changes we'd want would probably clash with what you
are trying to do with this piece. I'm feeling that the story is pretty
closely tied to the concept of the Garden of Eden.
I wish you success with this story and with your writing career.
[Editor]
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*Sigh* oh well. The funny thing is, if they had told me what they wanted I would have compromised 150% for the chance to be published... which is probably why they didn't. I guess something is still to be said for artistic integrity. The important thing is that I keep going. Every experience has something to teach, and from this one, I learned that it is important to have a reason why you are doing things in your writing. 'Just cause' doesn't quite cut it unfortunately.
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