The thing that bothers me most about rejection are the publishers and editors that don’t bother with replying to the writers that have put their heart and soul into something and sent it off… the […]
Category: Established Writers
EP. 27 | lisa blower on rejection and class
What I have realised is that publishing is a class issue and a lot of the people reading me are of a different class to what I’m reflecting and certainly the voice I often write in… and so when the rejection comes it really frustrates me because is not the writing they’re rejecting, it’s the class I’m reflecting.
EP. 26 | yvonne battle-felton on rejection is not about you
I’ll always remember the first time I submitted something to The New Yorker and it was rejected and I was like, yeah, I got a rejection from The New Yorker, that’s pretty cool, and I was talking to a really good friend of mine, who is not a writer, and she was like, oh my gosh, what are you gonna do? Are you gonna stop writing? And I’m like, what are you talking about? They don’t send rejections to everybody… this is great!
Ep. 25 | Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on Healthy Routines for Writers
[Being a writer you need] to take care of yourself… because writing can be really hard… for my writing I deal with topics such as PTSD and trauma and that affects you mentally as well…. Having a daily exercise routine is also important [to support your writing routine]. I practice yoga and go for walks.
EP. 23 | CHARLEY BARNES ON using writing time as a reward
There are some days when working on fiction becomes my reward system around getting X amount of jobs done from the day-job list.
EP. 21 | rob m francis on writing first thing in the day
More often than not I’ll open my laptop and start writing at around 7 o’clock in the morning. That’s deliberate because I know that I’m going to get two hours worth of work without anyone getting in touch with me on email or a phone call or anything like that.
Ep. 20 | Lisa Blower on fitting your writing around your day job
I’d love to say I have a writing routine, but I don’t, I write very sporadically.
EP. 19 | yvonne battle-felton on writing during your commute
I write on trains, in between places, I can write in cafes, public libraries, crowded spaces, in a park… I can write anywhere that a mood strikes me or a character does a whisper…
EP. 18 | Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on finding the right agent to publish your work
If you are looking for an agent you’ll have to pull all your connections and you can’t be too pushy but you can’t give up easily Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai In this episode, Vietnamese-born author […]
EP. 16 | charley barnes on publishing crime fiction
When looking for a publisher for her very first novel, Charley knew they had to be someone who were working with crime fiction specifically. She ended finding a very good fit in Bloodhound Books and has worked with them for many years now.
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