All Blog Posts Tagged 'rejection' (10)

New Spinetingler Story

I have a new story up at Spinetingler that might interest some here. It concerns a writer and how he handles rejection.

Added by Jed Power on December 4, 2013 at 8:42am — 1 Comment

R IS FOR REJECTION - TODAY'S L.A. WRITERS TRICKS OF THE TRADE

LINK: http://exm.nr/writers-rejection

Unfortunately, as writers most of us know what receving that…

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Added by Morgan St. James on January 22, 2011 at 7:05am — No Comments

The Seduction of Creation

Words kiss the page like eager lovers. Scenes slip as easily from your mind as silk stockings from a courtesan. Characters whisper clever and crafty dialogue in your ear as you sleep.

Ah, the delicious satisfaction of having a book in creation. When anything is possible and rejection seems as distant as economic recovery.

The truth is that all those writers out there holding onto that great American novel,…

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Added by Karyne on December 1, 2010 at 3:34am — 1 Comment

Can't believe it. This is the 20th time I've had my story rejected. Talking about lowering your self esteem. I know keep trying but it's bloody hard. Sometimes I wonder if those editors can read. Or is there something wrong with my story. I've re written it, re written it, rewritten it about ten billion billion billion times and still they don't like it. Make me want to strangle the effers :(

In Australia we don't really have short story magazines. In fact, far as I know we don't have any.… Continue

Added by Kevin A Harris on March 15, 2010 at 5:00pm — 10 Comments

Raising the Dead - Part 1 and Part 2

Raising the Dead Manuscript from Its Grave Part 1

by Robert W. Walker

I published myself after a lifetime of eschewing any sort of vanity press. And I did it using a “dead” manuscript about a “dead” subject filled with “dead” historical characters in a “dead” time period which one editor, a true pro, said of: “It is the hardest time period to write about, to make come alive, and especially to display any sort of sexual encounter, but in your hands Rob, if anyone can pull it off,… Continue

Added by robert walker on November 7, 2009 at 12:07am — No Comments

Guaranteed Way to Hear Back on a Full Submission

If you're waiting anxiously like a stray dog at a county fair trash can for a response on a full submission, try going on a honeymoon. As in, your honeymoon. My holiday from e-mail and the rest of reality yielded the one message I'd been anticipating for four months, from an agent who had requested a full.

(If on the off-chance someone thought the government finally hauled me off, my nuptial is why I haven't been very active in CrimeSpace of late.)

Alas, the high… Continue

Added by Benjamin Sobieck on October 4, 2009 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

How I started writing my novels

I've just uploaded a new video. In this video I talk about how I began writing and the long road to publication. It takes a while for many writers to discover their writing style and to find what they truly want to write, and that's how it was for me. It also takes time to learn your craft and resilience to cope with the rejection letters and disappointments along the way.

I first seriously started to write fiction with the aim of publication over twenty years ago. I wrote at… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on June 16, 2009 at 3:44am — 2 Comments

Rejection

(Cross posted at One Bite at a Time.

I don’t save all my rejections to use as wallpaper or memorabilia. I read them, remember what’s worth remembering, and pitch them. Saves a lot of space for the TBR pile.

Three stick with me, which is probably why I don’t get too worked up over any of them. The first two are related. Several years ago I wrote a short story about a man who constantly feuds with his wife. They have their argument… Continue

Added by Dana King on November 14, 2008 at 6:59am — 2 Comments

Northeast Writing Workshop Tour

It’s a darn shame that some 4 million fiction manuscripts a year are rejected before the first few pages are even read. All that work on plot and characters and you can't get anyone in publishing to read past page 3, 2, or 1.

I’ve been a book editor working in publishing 44 years. Now that I’m retiring and have the time and means to travel the country, I'm sharing insider information about the manuscript submission process--including how to improve your own odds of surviving the 90… Continue

Added by Chris Roerden on April 21, 2008 at 8:00am — 1 Comment