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
The Dreams We Hold On To
Last week was kinda rough. Sometimes I feel like I only post on here as Little Miss Sunshine. Especially since I’ve had relative success with my writing in the past couple years (in terms of publication, not in terms of financial success, LOL don’t make me laugh) I’ve wondered if I’m still contending with the […]
People Will Disappoint You. Here’s How Not to Let It Get You Down
In this blog I normally focus on formal rejections of creative work, like from literary agents or magazines. But we may sometimes experience the rejection of our creative work from a much more painful source: our loved ones. A writer friend recently pointed me to an article in The Millions called “Who Will Buy Your Book?” by […]
Rejection Survivor Interview: Elizabeth Bell
This interview is a little bit different from its predecessors. I started this blog to explore what it takes to be in the trenches, to deal with rejection while it’s happening–not in retrospect when you’ve already been successful. It’s so easy to talk about success stories; we need to talk more about what happens before. […]
Rejection Survivor Interview: Savannah “Savvy” Thorne
Happy 2018! (Nothing like some good discussion of rejection and failure to kick off the year, right?! 😉 ) Today’s Rejection Survivor Interview is with Savannah Thorne, author of several books (as yet unpublished) and professional writer and editor with over 10 years of experience writing for magazines, blogs, and literature collections. As an editor, her […]