Remember: we are not our work

On dealing with the sting of rejection

If you’re anything like me, you might feel a bit of a blow to your ego or self-confidence when your work is rejected.

It’s a normal feeling, I suppose. Every writer who submits work will feel the sting of rejection.

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Resurrected writings, revisited

Giving new life to old writings

About this time last year, I wrote in this space about how, during an attempt at housecleaning, I rediscovered of my old writings–college-ruled notebooks-as-journals, note pads and scraps of paper containing early drafts of short stories and essays and (mostly) notes about story ideas–and decided to investigate whether any of these old scribblings had any merit.

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