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 …
Giving feedback and the pain of rejection
In addition to my writing, book reviewing and writers group activities, I review pieces of work for a couple of women who, for various reasons, are unable to join a writers group. One of them, a person new to the writing game, recently submitted a manuscript for a review with a private editing service. She …
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The importance of feedback
A member of my writer's group recently read the published version of "Pete and the Persian Bottle". Her second comment to me (the first being that she enjoyed the book) was that she was amazed to see how much I had changed the book from the original draft and how I had incorporated the feedback …
So what was the feedback on the manuscript?
Well it was all okay I guess. Â I have some fabulous leads in terms of a publisher who may be interested (all about quality of work and timing of submission), and some excellent ideas for the story. Â On the positive side the characters, their interactions, theme and location went down a treat, however I need …
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