tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post8524437381936316372..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Faking Bravery - Karen BallUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-26387797807717919892011-11-11T17:38:01.474+00:002011-11-11T17:38:01.474+00:00You're so right Karen, we do have to hold our ...You're so right Karen, we do have to hold our heads up. All writers get rejected - it's what happens. All of my first rejections hurt and made me feel that maybe I shouldn't do what I do, but now I read them, think "Oh, okay then," and file them in a special 'Rejections' folder. At the very least, it's a reminder to me of the work I've put in, even if the story/poem ended up on the reject pile!Abi Burlinghamhttp://www.abiburlingham.talktalk.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-4804105053682906062011-11-10T16:19:56.399+00:002011-11-10T16:19:56.399+00:00I love the Rotten Rejection website and often dir...I love the <i>Rotten Rejection </i> website and often direct my students to it when they're feeling a bit disheartened. I don't think publishers write rejections like this any more, they're scared they might go global!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11716058361689251073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-82550062473271473062011-11-10T14:17:34.593+00:002011-11-10T14:17:34.593+00:00What more encouragement do you need to keep pluggi...What more encouragement do you need to keep plugging away than these tales? <br />I love the comment about JG Ballard. Never mind getting published - in future I shall instead simply aspire to receiving more interesting rejections than the polite but boring 'competently written with well handled dialogue but not really what we're looking for' ...madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-78410064610332153592011-11-10T09:06:56.707+00:002011-11-10T09:06:56.707+00:00I decided the whole of New York has ADHD and the o...I decided the whole of New York has ADHD and the only way to manage was to sit and let it race around me. (Easy as an older woman - I'm invisible). In my own little space I can manage to hang onto bravery - it was only when I tried to join in the general madness I shrivelled.<br /><br />And I think relating to publishers is like that. They have a job to do. While I sit in my corner doing the best I can.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.com