A successful Scottish author has just had a book he wrote 15 years ago – which was rejected – published. The book, Lockdown, is based in a pandemic-impacted London which, along with the rest of the globe, is in lockdown. Just like the world is today. Except back then the publishers laughed and said in…
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Believe in yourself…
I’ve taken the leap and started the submission roller-coaster. Now for the hard bit… waiting! I am terrible at waiting (as I have said many times before). It’s impossible to not think about it. In fact, the more I try not to think about it the more it seems to weigh on me. The anything-but-a-rejection high versus…
Dory got it right
Okay, so you need to substitute ‘writing’ for ‘swimming’, but the meaning is just the same. When you get a bad contest result, or a rejection, or your muse has gone on holidays, the only thing to do is to keep on writing – you will get there in the end.
Agent Rejection
Every writer experiences rejection. Even so, dealing with rejection can be tough. But rejection is all a matter of perspective. An agent isn’t rejecting you, so never take it personally. I remember being on recruit course for the army reserves many moons ago. A fellow recruit was very upset she’d been yelled at by our…