rejection

Rejections hurt--and every editor knows this. They all try to be tactful, but with their workloads increasing every year they no longer have time to help a writer whose manuscript would take up months of their time to get right. So these days the chances are that, instead of a personal letter, you'll receive a photocopied rejection that isn't dated and doesn't address you by name or mention the title of the rejected manuscript, let alone have a proper signature at the end of it. I'm not sure whether this will increase your hurt or lessen it. I had been receiving rejections for years before I started receiving this type of thing.