Here’s a rejection I got once: “Not for us, but cool stamp.”
I used the Animal stamp, which, I agree, is pretty cool. The story was picked up elsewhere, nominated for a Pushcart, and reprinted in a second magazine. Submitting stories is like that. It’s all about one person’s (or one small group of persons’) opinions. [...]
It’s hard to overestimate how much I like Jessica Keener. She’s a generous soul but no Pollyanna – she has grit, fire, and a Lauren Bacall voice to die for. Today she’s going to talk about her experience on both sides of the rejection slip – as a writer who submits her work and [...]
Let’s hear one of your rejection letters – not one of those flattering close-calls, but a real doozy, like the kind you might get from C. Michael Curtis.
Come on. They don’t hurt so bad when you see we’ve all got ‘em!
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Wednesday, Jessica Keener will be here to talk about being on both sides of the [...]
Now, don’t get mad at me, but there’s no weekly wrap. The answer to this week’s question is pretty much the story of my novel, which I need to focus on today.
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Thank you to this week’s guest, Oronte Churm, otherwise known as John Griswold; to everyone who offered up prizes for The Little Truths Writing [...]
Agents and publishers interested in contacting my guest or reading his manuscripts: OChurm@aol.com
My guest today is not the only one hanging around LitPark who goes by a pen name. But today he is stepping out from behind the mask.
If you are a regular reader of McSweeney’s, you know Oronte Churm as the author of “Dispatches [...]
What do you hope people will believe about you that couldn’t be further from the truth?
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Wednesday’s guest is going to appear a little later than usual because I’m coordinating my show with McSweeney’s. Sometime Wednesday morning, one of their regular feature writers, also a friend of mine, will reveal his true identity over there, while [...]
I asked Mr. Henderson how he would characterize my driving, and he said, “Timid… to the point of being unsafe.” My back-seat driving, on the other hand is all confidence!
I was surprised to learn that most of you who answered this week’s driving question characterize yourselves as bad, distracted, or exceptionally cautious drivers. I’m not [...]
My guest today is Bridgett M. Davis, author of SHIFTING THROUGH NEUTRAL (Amistad). This debut novel, set in 1970s Detroit, focuses on Rae Dodson as her parents’ marriage and father’s health disintegrate. It’s a compassionate story about what a young girl holds on to when her family comes up short.
Bridgett is also the writer, producer, [...]
How would you characterize your driving? (Or, maybe I should ask how the person in the passenger seat would characterize your driving?)
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Wednesday, Bridgett M. Davis will be here. She is the screenwriter and director of the award-winning, indie film, NAKED ACTS, and author of the novel, SHIFTING THROUGH NEUTRAL.
She also happens to be married to [...]
I have to stay focused on my edits, so my wrap will simply be a picture of my page in the book of six-word memoirs:
NOT QUITE WHAT I WAS PLANNING (HarperPerennial, 2008), page 45.
You’ll have to hurry to get this collector’s edition of the book with Brian McEntee’s name misspelled in it because future [...]
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