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Got my twelve hundredth rejection in record time

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Naomi K
Mar 01, 2014
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I'd been averaging about a hundred rejections every six months. But this time it took less than four!

  • 300 – August 8, 2008 (401 days to next milestone)

  • 400 – September 13, 2009 (282 days to next milestone)

  • 500 – June 22, 2010 (268 days to next milestone)

  • 600 – March 17, 2011 (208 days to next milestone)

  • 700 – October 11, 2011 (185 days to next milestone)

  • 800 …

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