Try Try Again?

Check out this very informative Q&A between Terrapin Books publisher Diane Lockward and author Karen Paul Holmes on resubmitting a previously rejected poetry-book manuscript.

Since I have several manuscripts written but no book deal yet, I struggle with the question of whether I should bother sending a book that’s been retooled back to the same publisher. This Q&A hit home and gave me some great insight on this subject.

http://dianelockward.blogspot.com/2018/01/to-resubmit-or-not-to-resubmit-that-is_97.html

100.

Another awesome piece from Lit Hub: Kim Liao’s “Why You Should Aim for 100 Rejections a Year” explains how the path to writing success is paved with rejection notices. This one changed my perspective on submitting work to journals.

http://lithub.com/why-you-should-aim-for-100-rejections-a-year/

Learning from Rejection.

On The Millions: Nick Ripatrazone presents “Lessons from No: Writers on Their Most Formative Rejections.”

A presentation of seven writers and their most formative rejections. A solid read.

http://www.themillions.com/2015/08/lessons-from-no-writers-on-their-most-formative-rejections.html