In general my experience has mirrored the comments made by e.e. I have also published a number of articles in refereed journals in my other life as a member of the scientific community. However I have noticed that once one has established him or herself in the community, be it scientists, physicians or writers, reviewers are inclined to cut one more slack than is given to those unknown or just begining to build a reputation. This is the down side to the observations set forth by my fellow writer and reviewer. By the way I have to confess that I began posting after reviewing quite a few examples of poor writing, figuring that my stuff was just as good as a lot of the junk that I was reviewing.