GPOY: “Grade me! Look at me! Evaluate and rank me! I’m good, good, good and oh so smart! GRADE ME!” Seven lines since I finished my dissertation collection. It’s weird and sticky to suddenly have no one waiting for my work, no deadlines. Of course I used to write for myself (so shove your writers-writing-about-writing quotes, tumblr), but 5 years of collection-writing has done things to my habits that can’t be undone - not quickly, at least. I’ve sent work out and entered a competition and I’m waiting patiently to join the ranks of the rejection-slipped. I have one, from earlier this year, and the pleasantness of the kiss-off was rinsed out by the big shocked eyes my tutor gave me when, to his suggestion that I submit my work to that particular magazine, I quoted their thanks-but-no-thanks-but-thanks email verbatim. Earlier today at work I spotted and documented a pretty natty bug in our system and no-one even thought to congratulate me and tell me how wonderful I am, just as I am. I call bullshit.

GPOY: “Grade me! Look at me! Evaluate and rank me! I’m good, good, good and oh so smart! GRADE ME!”

Seven lines since I finished my dissertation collection. It’s weird and sticky to suddenly have no one waiting for my work, no deadlines. Of course I used to write for myself (so shove your writers-writing-about-writing quotes, tumblr), but 5 years of collection-writing has done things to my habits that can’t be undone - not quickly, at least. I’ve sent work out and entered a competition and I’m waiting patiently to join the ranks of the rejection-slipped. I have one, from earlier this year, and the pleasantness of the kiss-off was rinsed out by the big shocked eyes my tutor gave me when, to his suggestion that I submit my work to that particular magazine, I quoted their thanks-but-no-thanks-but-thanks email verbatim.

Earlier today at work I spotted and documented a pretty natty bug in our system and no-one even thought to congratulate me and tell me how wonderful I am, just as I am. I call bullshit.

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