Today, "
Jenny" was rejected by the largest group of military newspapers available stateside.Rather, today is when I
received the actual
notice of rejection, so I'm not really sure when the physical act of
rejecting "Jenny" took place. I'm going to stick with
today because it feels like it. In fact, it feels like just a few minutes ago after I checked the mail.While the Rejection Notice is certainly par for the course in the life of a cartoonist, this one wasn't met with a sense of "Another one bites the dust" and blithely tossed into the file drawer.This one is hanging right on the front of the refrigerator.Let me explain. The source of the rejection was
ATPCo, which is comprised of the
Air Force Times,
Army Times,
Navy Times, and
MarineCorps Times. They're a subsidiary of Gannett News (publishers of USA Today).I've been trying to get "
Jenny" into the "
Times" group for nearly four years - whether online, in print, or both - and I've never once heard anything from them. In June of this summer, I decided to hit them hard: I got another cartoonist to go to bat for me.Twice.It still didn't work but they did finally tell me for sure that the answer is "NO". No explanation, just "NO". Therefore, at this point in time, "Jenny" will not be getting into the Air Force/Army/etc. Times group.I hope my cartoonist friend doesn't suffer any repercussions from standing up for me because he really went out of his way when he barely knew me. He simply believed in the "Jenny" comic strip enough to go the extra mile for it. He is now a wonderful friend whom I respect and admire.Thanks to him and thanks to all of the spouses and other readers who've asked over and over why they can't read "Jenny" in the "Times" newspapers. I'm sorry; I tried.Don't worry, though, I'm going to keep working on it. I have more angles to work and lots of paper on which to type submission letters. And, of course, you can still read "Jenny" every Sunday overseas and downrange in the Sunday
Stars & Stripes newspaper and, of course, every week at
jennyspouse.com.Have a great week and don't forget to go to
jennyspouse.com (and
stripes.com) for your weekly mil-spouse chuckle!~ j
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Posted
Aug 17 2009, 03:14 PM
by
Jenny the Military Spouse