Tag: rejection
The Daily NO – Rejection #7
Today on The Daily No, it’s another first. The rejection we’ll be discussing today is my first ever personal rejection with actual feedback from an editor. It was a momentous occasion, and the first time I really felt like I was making actual progress.… Continue Reading “The Daily NO – Rejection #7”
The Daily NO – Rejection #1
Next up on The Daily No, we’re traveling all the way back to the beginning, to the first rejection I received once I started tracking my submissions on Duotrope. Imagine, if you will, a warm spring day in Seattle, circa 2012. A baby writer… Continue Reading “The Daily NO – Rejection #1”
Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year Three – Maybe I’m NOT Good at This?
Year three of Rejectomancy was a bit of a wake-up call. After three straight years of increasing submissions and acceptances, I kind of fell off a cliff in 2017. It was one of those years that tests you, makes you ask the question: am… Continue Reading “Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year Three – Maybe I’m NOT Good at This?”
The Daily NO – Rejection #740
Okay, I’m gonna start a new series. I’m gonna to show you one of my rejections (almost) every day for as long as either of us can stand it. I’ve got hundreds, so we should have material for YEARS. Anyway, I’ll give you all… Continue Reading “The Daily NO – Rejection #740”
Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year Two- Maybe I’m Good at This?
My second year as a blogger and serious story submitter gave me legitimate hope that there might actually be a future to this whole writing thing. In addition to short story sales, I also published my first novel with Privateer Press and was doing… Continue Reading “Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year Two- Maybe I’m Good at This?”
Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year One – To Pro or Not to Pro
I started Rejectomancy in July of 2015, a period of time that coincided with me getting serious about short story submissions. So, in many ways, Rejectomancy is kind of detailed record of my writing journey as I transitioned from game designer/writer to a fiction… Continue Reading “Ten Years of Rejectomancy: Year One – To Pro or Not to Pro”
Ten Years of Rejectomancy: The Pre-Blog Years
A few months ago, Rejectomancy turned ten years old, and I celebrated that momentous occasion with a guest post from the supremely talented and supernaturally prolific Ai Jiang. (Check out that post here.) This series, however, will focus on my own submission efforts over… Continue Reading “Ten Years of Rejectomancy: The Pre-Blog Years”
Surviving 700 Rejections
Last week, I hit another significant submission milestone. I received my 700th rejection since I started tracking them on Duotrope back in 2012. If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, you know that when I hit a big round number… Continue Reading “Surviving 700 Rejections”
2025 Writing Goals Bingo
This post is a little late in the month, but I thought I’d share my writing goals for the coming year, which are admittedly ambitious, and then show you a fun way to track writing goals in general. The main thrust of those goals… Continue Reading “2025 Writing Goals Bingo”
Submission Statement: November 2024
And that’s a wrap on November. Let’s see how I fared in the story submission trenches. November 2024 Short Story Submissions I sent seven submission in November, three off my goal of ten, but I’m not unhappy with that total. It gives me 62… Continue Reading “Submission Statement: November 2024”
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