Rejection and a Kick in the Face
If you read the title of this blog post and you expected me to spin a lengthy yarn about how my latest rejection was a kick to the face, then you’re actually wrong. That said, I think this post is still worth reading.
Lessons Learned From Another Rejection
The other day I got an e-mail rejection back from a publisher who was doing an anthology of stories all centered around a common theme. I’d submitted my story a while ago and recently received an e-mail saying that my story had made the short list. So how did I go from the short list [...]
The First Rejection
Technorati Tags: publication,rejection,writing,courage So I’ve received my first rejection letter. Note that I said “first” and not “a” or “the”. This is an important distinction. Throughout the career of any writer, the reception of rejection letters is going to be commonplace, with a few notable exceptions for people who are lucky and talented enough to [...]
Hands
The Pen 10 Scribes website has posted a little something that I wrote. They are working on building an anthology of writing of any genre – the only requirement is that you make your point in 10 sentences or less. For people who blog all the time and for people who are used to writing [...]