Children's author Lindsay Galvin has some useful thoughts about it here.
For Lindsay, the wait for a response is worse than actually getting a rejection. I'm the other way round. Although the wait can be frustrating, until a rejection lands in my inbox, the dream stays alive.
It was interesting how Lindsay's perspective on the submission process changed once she herself got involved in assessing submissions...if you're considering being a panelllist on Pop-Up Submissions, it may actually help with your own responses to the submission process.
For Lindsay, the wait for a response is worse than actually getting a rejection. I'm the other way round. Although the wait can be frustrating, until a rejection lands in my inbox, the dream stays alive.
It was interesting how Lindsay's perspective on the submission process changed once she herself got involved in assessing submissions...if you're considering being a panelllist on Pop-Up Submissions, it may actually help with your own responses to the submission process.