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I got an acceptance yesterday. I KNOW. Rune Bear will publish a micro-fiction piece of mine on April 1st. I’m actually really excited to have that publication date. Somehow it feels very me. This is, however, not my first acceptance. For all my whining, you’d think I’d never received one. I’ve technically received three as an…
Another rejection last week. It was fine. However, I stumbled across an interview with a literary magazine editor that tripped me up. This was the editor’s advice to writers: Don’t take rejection personally. This way of thinking is as pervasive as it is outmoded. No, I don’t believe agents/publishers/magazines dislike me when they reject my…
Got a rejection today, and it sent me into a mild rage. Pro tip: Don’t ask me to like your social media pages after you reject me. In case you, dear phantom reader, think I’m thin-skinned and whiny– oh wait, that’s actually true. Regardless, my point is that I am no stranger to rejection. At…
If there’s one thing more pervasive than rejection in the writing industrial complex, it’s envy. Professional envy isn’t chic to discuss in public, and you’re told to lick your wounds behind closed doors with your writing comrades in arms. Just like Thou Shall Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Wife, there’s sound logic to the rule. You…