If someone told me they wanted to be a writer, I would say, “Ok, I hope you’re good with rejection.” It’s funny how writers are some of the most sensitive people and publishing is such a harsh, brutally blunt industry. Some fun facts: Robert M. Pirsig received 121 rejections of his book Zen and the Art — Read More
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Dealing with rejection
If you’re a writer who has dared to submit something for publication, then you have dealt with rejection. Unless you’re some lucky bastard, in which case go away. Writers, like most creative people, are sensitive, so it’s a cruel irony that the writing business is so insensitive. It’s like bootcamp for those of us born — Read More
Rejection: Part 1 (of 2,538)
I think it was George Plimpton who said he knew a writer who wallpapered his bathroom with rejection notices. Lord knows I have enough rejection notices to wallpaper my entire 995 sq ft condo. Back in the day, when I used to query like a naive idiot, I got the standard rejections, with the impersonal — Read More