Category: Results
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Goodbyes
The stages of grief are so well-known they’ve joined the armchair psychologist’s lexicon. However, if you’ve experienced grief, you’ve probably noticed the moment you passed through each stage, how you can still fluctuate between them. Sometimes, when you think you’ve reached Acceptance, you start Bargaining again. Or you’re mired in Bargaining and slip back into…
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Speed
I’m always skeptical of when a literary agency, journal or competition has a rapid turnaround. On one hand, it’s great to have a clear idea of when the result will arrive. The average eight-week (but usually longer) waiting time can be agonizing. I’m often tortured by regret that I didn’t send a better version of…
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Zero-Sum
Since my last post, I have received one agent rejection and one (or three?) competition rejection(s). Indomitable, I continue to write whatever words appear in my head and pay for disappointment; I’m not writing to make money, but it is sickening when other people profit from your disenchantment. And that’s what I want to write…