“There is no way if communicating that one should relax, do you realize that? You can shake out your arms and swivel your neck and it all looks like nonsense.”

Ann Patchett, State of Wonder

Rejection Letter of the Day (#22)

Dear Barbara Sueko McGuire:

Thanks so much for giving us the opportunity to consider your work for Slice. Due to the high volume of submissions we receive, we regret that we aren’t able to respond to each submission personally. We’ve been thoroughly impressed by the quality of the work that we’ve received. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to include your piece in our next issue of Slice. We’d love to consider more of your work in the future, though, so please do continue submitting to us.

Best wishes,

The Editors

Jesus Christ. I was just having a pretty bummer morning and the beginning of this video just made my life. I can’t stop laughing!!!! Thank you Tommy Pom and Jason Mewes, thank you.

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Trapped in the Tumblr Closet: Jason Mewes

Jason Mewes — aka the Jay half of “Jay and Silent Bob” from Clerks and various other Kevin Smith movies — has been around the block a few times, in his native New Jersey and elsewhere. These days, mostly straightened out and flying relatively right, Mewes is exploring other non-Jay-related acting gigs, doing radio and podcasts with Smith, and boosting his comic store (Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash in Red Bank, thankfully unscathed by Hurricane Sandy). Mewes dropped by Tumblr to talk about his long strange trip and got assaulted by Tommypom for his trouble.

Rejection Letter of the Day (#21)

Dear Barbara Sueko McGuire:

Thank you for sending us “UnKnowing.”

Barbara,

We thought you had some interesting themes going on in this piece. However, there seems to be a lack of a through line, or something that puts all the pieces together to construct a full story. If good non-fiction is a combination of remembrance and reflection, I think the memories here are too random to form a story for the reader which can then be reflected on.

Unfortunately this particular piece was not a right fit for Front Porch, but we were very impressed by your writing. We hope that you will feel encouraged by this short note and send us something else.

We look forward to reading more.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Front Porch