I probably shouldn’t admit this in public, but here goes: I am the worst-read fiction writer you have ever met. In my defense, it’s not because I’m lazy or don’t enjoy fiction. It’s the opposite: I enjoy fiction too much. I get sucked into the world of the novel; I can’t put it down, and […]
5 Creative-Resilience-Building Pursuits that Have Nothing to Do with Your Art
In the course of the extended conversation I had with our latest Rejection Survivor interviewee, Elizabeth Bell, something occurred to me about the long “creative dry spell” I experienced during early adulthood. Upon completing my national volunteer service at age 20 (which I did as an alternative to the mandatory IDF service), I began studying […]
Rejection Survivor Interview: Elizabeth Bell
This interview is a little bit different from its predecessors. I started this blog to explore what it takes to be in the trenches, to deal with rejection while it’s happening–not in retrospect when you’ve already been successful. It’s so easy to talk about success stories; we need to talk more about what happens before. […]
Rejection Survivor Interview: Savannah “Savvy” Thorne
Happy 2018! (Nothing like some good discussion of rejection and failure to kick off the year, right?! 😉 ) Today’s Rejection Survivor Interview is with Savannah Thorne, author of several books (as yet unpublished) and professional writer and editor with over 10 years of experience writing for magazines, blogs, and literature collections. As an editor, her […]
Pushcart Prize Nomination: How Big a Deal Is It Really?
So on Thursday night last week I was having a really, really annoying evening due to a series of circumstances that involved, to name a few, my kids, paper airplanes, and the Spanish postal service. (These things are not necessarily related to each other.) As I tend to when I am tired and out of […]