For those who write and submit to journals, etc. may I despair for a minute [View all]

with like-minded folks?

I admit that this is me being colicky and hoping someone will tell me it'll all be ok...

After (mostly talking about) writing for many, many years I have finally dipped a toe in publishing and put a short essay and flash fiction piece into the market.

I'm sure it gets easier, and that I must develop thicker skin if I'm going to do this, but...as a newbie sending my first babies into the world to be judged, 3-6 months of silence is cruel torture. And to be fair, no one is outside of their stated response time.

/ fuss.