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A bit unusual to hear back outside of the work week, but I got a rejection letter on Saturday from storySouth, a magazine all about the–you guessed it!–Southern experience narrative. If you’ve got a story set in the South, about the South, or if you just happen to be a resident of the South, long-termContinue reading “Revealed: Real-Life Submission Response Time for storySouth”
If you’re a writer, you know that you’re doomed. Doomed to a life of eternally working. Time off from the day job just means you have more time to write, more time dedicated to being chained to your desk and the invisible spiderweb deadlines that you construct for yourself. Maybe I’m just speaking for myself,Continue reading “The Writer’s Curse: You Can Never Stop Working”
I think this is more of a wives tale than a proverb, personally. What’s the longest amount of time you’ve ever waited to hear back from a journal or literary agent? How do you all stay patient? I’m going BONKERS over here. I’m still waiting on… Painted Bride Quarterly (date submitted: January 4th; what submitted:Continue reading “Patience is (Allegedly) a Virtue”
Well I’ve got some good announcements and some bad announcements. The NYU Summer Publishing Institute officially ended on Friday and I graduated with a Certificate in Publishing (yey me!). Good news: with the institute over, I will now have time to be regular with my blog posts yet again. Bad news, though, is that the reason I’llContinue reading “It’s Not All Over: Go to the Harry Potter Exhibit!”
Still waiting on submission responses from the final hold out literary journals. Painted Bride Quarterly (date submitted: January 4th; what submitted: 1 fiction, 1 non-fiction) Official Response Time: unknown Cicada (date submitted: February 16th; what submitted: 2 poems) Official Response Time: up to 4 months storySouth (date submitted: June 1st; what submitted: 1 fiction) OfficialContinue reading “Dear Literary Journals: Please Send Me an Acceptance Letter for a Belated Birthday Present”
For those of you who are shy and don’t like bragging about your publishing credits for fear of being impolite, stop being shy! Literary journal editors and literary agents WANT to hear about that stuff! A query letter and a cover letter are like job interviews. Proving that you’re a qualified writer helps you–andContinue reading “How to Grab an Editor’s Attention: Bragging (Politely) in Your Query Letter–With Example”
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