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Is Success in the Writing Industry All a Matter of Luck?

November 5, 2018 by Daniella Levy Leave a Comment

I recently saw a piece of “writing advice” going around (and you know how I feel about writing advice) that stated that people who get [traditionally] published aren’t “lucky”, they just never gave up, they kept at it, they worked hard, they kept revising and kept submitting, despite all the rejections, and eventually they found […]

Rejection Survivor Interview: Kaelan Rhywiol

August 10, 2018 by Daniella Levy 1 Comment

A previous Rejection Survivor interviewee, Elizabeth Bell, suggested a long time ago that I write a post about coping with rejection while dealing with mental illness. I struggled to figure out how to address it on the blog, though, because the blog itself was born from my own process of therapy, and it’s impossible for […]

Rejection Survivor Interview: Brian Gehrlein

July 4, 2018 by Daniella Levy 7 Comments

A new pastime of mine in recent weeks has been stalking Twitter for writers talking about rejection and accosting them with a link to the blog and occasionally a request for an interview. (Is this what people call “promotion”…?) And I have to say, I have yet to regret extending that invitation. I always learn […]

Rejection Survivor Interview: Kate Maupin

June 25, 2018 by Daniella Levy Leave a Comment

Since I’ve started querying agents again I’ve been connecting more with other writers in the same stage of their careers, which has been such a blessing. I think one of the things that made it so hard in the past was the feeling that I was the only person I knew who was doing this […]

When Your Angst Isn’t About What You Think It’s About

June 18, 2018 by Daniella Levy Leave a Comment

Isn’t it wonderful that I’m back in the querying process so I have no end of material for you all?! Last week, I came down from the high of the Saturday night full manuscript request rather quickly. I got one form rejection Thursday night, and another Friday morning. And as I munched on my second […]

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