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Ways to Survive Rejection on a Writer’s Journey

Ellen Buikema — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 08:35:00 +0000

There are things writers do: eat, dream, write if the muse is good to us–-and handle rejection. Ellen shares ways to cope and deal with literary rejection.

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5 Things Good Writers Just Can't Control

Guest Blogger — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 08:56:00 +0000

Colleen Story shares ways to handle when we feel we can control our writing futures, even when the proverbial sh— happens.

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How to Overcome Obstacles to Writing, Part 2

Ellen Buikema — Fri, 26 May 2023 09:18:00 +0000

Often there are obstacles to publishers' acceptance of our work. Sometimes, we unknowingly cause those obstacles. Ellen Buikema shares some workarounds.

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A Creative Way to Handle Query Rejections

Guest Blogger — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 11:01:49 +0000

Karen DeBonis shows a creative (and positive) way to handle literary agent rejections.

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When Rejection Becomes Connection

Kris Maze — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:00:15 +0000

The alternate title for this post could have been "How I Found My Publisher Through Rejection." K. Maze shares the lessons she learned on her path to publication.

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How to Beat Your "Negativity Bias"

Guest Blogger — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:01:13 +0000

Tasha Seegmiller When I was just starting on my writing journey, I attended a workshop where a children’s book writer and illustrator said something along the lines of, “If you like to do anything besides writing, do that.” Writing is hard. Writing takes grit. But this is the case for lots of things in life. […]

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