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When I submit an article for public request, I never get an email from the buyer saying that they did not choose it. Usually, it just ends up in the Latest Added Content list after three days and I conclude that it wasn't chosen. But every once in a while, it goes to the LAC list the very next day. How does a buyer refuse an article without it generating an email to the author?

If I ever did receive a refusal email, it would be nice if the buyer had options to check why they refused it. Like "Please help our authors meet your future needs better by giving the reason for your refusal: ___ already bought the needed article, ___ article speaks to the wrong audience, ___ article doen't have enough keywords, and so on........ It could be purely optional for the buyer but it sure would help all of us authors if filled out. The hardest thing about free lance writing (and any other profession which is largely on spec) is the lack of feedback from the customer.

Debbi

I just thought of one answer to my question. The quick relegation of the article to the Latest Added Content list occured this time becuase the request expired!

The article is still in the buyer's inbox for review though, right?

Debbi (talking to herself on this fine Saturday when everyone else is taking a break)

Debbi

Hi. You're not talking to yourself this fine Saturday morning...

Great suggestions in your email. Any feedback from buyers would be good. It can sometimes feel that you're working in some sort of vacuum not knowing how close you came to satisfying a buyer's request - or how very wide of the mark you were! It's frustrating when you feel that you covered all the points in a buyer's spec only not to have your article sell - and not to know why; (and further frustrating when you can't see that any other writers' articles were picked over yours).

You certainly need a lot of perseverance for this job!

Have a good weekend.

Jane