#publishingrealities

Bad news fellow authors: Turns out, writing the book is the easy part. 😬 #WritingLife #AmWriting #AuthorProblems #WritersOfBluesky #PublishingRealities

📭 I get that journals are overloaded, truly.
But is it common to get a desk reject after 5.5 months? ❌ No review, no prior communication, just a sudden “outside the scope”. Curious how others see this – is this within the realm of normal these days? @academic-chatter.bsky.social #publishingrealities