Errgh. I'm feeling a bit like Rosie the Robot from the Jetsons at the moment. I've had nine rejections in three months. Okay, these were for different six different pieces of work, and three of them were for competitions (I count not being short listed as a rejection as it means that I my work …
The terrifying arrival of constructive feedback
I have recently embarked on writing horror (a genre I enjoy immensely - and yes I accept that it is most certainly not to everyone's taste). I have been putting the feelers out by submitting two short stories to two different horror journals. "Good start!" I hear you shout enthusiastically. I was rejected by both. …
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Managing rejections – again!
I regularly receive rejections, and occasionally receive feedback. Why so many rejections? Well for a start, I regularly submit my work to various publishers, journals and competitions. You don’t get rejected if you don’t submit. Whenever I receive a rejection, I’m left with a feeling of emptiness, and in some cases, feel a little embarrassed …
Panic editing, pitching and other messy processes.
I am bang, smack in the middle of rewriting (and I mean rewriting) my cosy mystery story. I received some exceedingly valuable feedback from an agent about this piece, and what it needs to reach a marketable point. Scary advice - but once I stopped sulking, and really looked it, I realised that she was …
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