I was impressed when you mentioned you’d submitted to like 20 publications? And I thought, that’s the way to do it. Your mind’s on the prize— go for it.
Early on, I read an essay about why an author should aim for a 100 rejections a year. That strategy worked for me—took the sting out of rejections and turned it into an accomplishment.
When I was applying for a job in publishing in SF my older wiser journalist brother told me, "Send out 100 resumés. It only takes one." He was right! Maybe life itself is a numbers game. (I'll think about that later ): ) Also, think rejections give you muscle. I always like hearing about actors or writers who pin them to their walls, like wallpaper. A badge of honor.
Love this! "Here I was, a young woman with a complex emotional life plagued by daily neuroses, and here was my fiction, written by a philosophy major who wanted to enter the Noble World of Literature."
A great description of a journey....And so glad about the publications!
Thank you, Thaisa!
Claire! Your flurry of submissions paid off! Congratulations! Love the one that made it into Slate especially. Yay!
Thanks, Jeanine!
I do submit in flurries, knowing most pitches will be rejected, but sometimes I have more success than I’d anticipated.
I was impressed when you mentioned you’d submitted to like 20 publications? And I thought, that’s the way to do it. Your mind’s on the prize— go for it.
Early on, I read an essay about why an author should aim for a 100 rejections a year. That strategy worked for me—took the sting out of rejections and turned it into an accomplishment.
https://lithub.com/why-you-should-aim-for-100-rejections-a-year/
When I was applying for a job in publishing in SF my older wiser journalist brother told me, "Send out 100 resumés. It only takes one." He was right! Maybe life itself is a numbers game. (I'll think about that later ): ) Also, think rejections give you muscle. I always like hearing about actors or writers who pin them to their walls, like wallpaper. A badge of honor.
Love this! "Here I was, a young woman with a complex emotional life plagued by daily neuroses, and here was my fiction, written by a philosophy major who wanted to enter the Noble World of Literature."
Thanks, Stephanie! There was such a huge divide between these two selves.
Congratulations on your breaking down the wall brick by brick and on all your recent publication success!
Thank you, Eric!