am I even allowed to write any more? Some weird alleged "glitch" keeps deleting my writing.

       He dipped his rough, rugose hands into the froth-topped bucket. Somewhere in the green depths, an old, faded, previously pink-and-white-striped dishrag twisted and turned, almost as if there were a whirlpool in the sea of bubbly green liquid. His questing hand grasped the saltant rag and he pulled it up, out of the solution and a cascade of droplets poured out of the deluged rag, some of them twinkling and glinting in the buttery rays of sunshine that fell free and…

           This is my first post here on WAE. I joined WAE primarily to further my work. I hate short sentences like these I've been writing. I like writing more than editing, but I can do either with some aplomb. I have been, so far, snubbed or rejected by some 50+ periodicals. I think the impoliteness and discourtesy of ignoring and outright snubbing is far worse, ironically, then actual, literal rejection. I wish modern periodicals weren't staffed by the judgmental,…