From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   C. E. Gee wrote:   
   >>> On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 6:45:26 PM UTC-7, William Vetter wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Submission Grinder's statistics say that it's 1/3rd acceptance for this   
   >> zine (The data set was around 100).  That's where I got that number.   
   >   
   > I think I see the problem here.   
   >   
   > The Grinder's stats only apply to the Grinder.  MANY people don't report   
   > their submissions to the Grinder.   
   >   
   > Ask any writers you know if they report to, or even know of the Grinder.   
   >   
   > After I entered a link to the Grinder into my blog's Science Fiction article,   
   > many of my readers entered "Thank You" into the article's comment form.  They   
   > didn't know of the Grinder.   
   >   
   > In fact, I myself never heard of the Grinder until not long ago, and I've   
   > been submitting stories for more than a dozen years!  And I've been in   
   > communication with many other SF writers since 1997!   
   >   
   Then I won't feel like a loser when they reject me.   
      
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