Another one down

I can't believe I didn't tell you guys: I submitted a paper last week!  From one of my thesis chapters.  It was the one for the special issue and I managed to get it in by the deadline. 

One of the coauthors gave me very important comments very quickly.  One didn't have any comments, but that was fine given the circumstances.  Another gave me feedback on Friday night, and the last suggested relatively substantial changes on Saturday night.  The paper was due COB Monday.  I really, really appreciated that the last two read the paper, thought critically about it, and gave me feedback.  But some of those comments didn't get addressed because I just didn't have enough time.  That sucks for two reasons: 1) they spent their valuable time making comments that were ignored, and 2) my confidence was undermined because I knew there were problems that I couldn't fix before I had to submit.

I'll have a chance to incorporate more of their suggestions after review, either to go back to this journal or to try somewhere else, so ultimately those comments will get used.  And I guess it's good for my own perfectionism/impostor syndrome to just have to move forward even though I felt a little out of control.  I think the experience was positive on the whole, especially because the paper never would have gotten out so fast if there hadn't been a deadline.  I think I'll be able to say that more emphatically if the paper is accepted.