I mostly get “not for us”, because these editors aren't up for something really fresh. Or comments about “craft”, as if there were "rules" for writing. They're all so old-fashioned. One even wrote they couldn’t make out what I was trying to say. I was astounded by that frank admission.
Robert Runté is Senior Editor with EssentialEdits.ca and freelances at SFeditor.ca. A former professor, he has won three Aurora Awards for his literary criticism and currently reviews for the Ottawa Review of Books. His own fiction has been published over 125 times