Overcoming Creative Rejection: A Guide to Processing and Bouncing Back from Submission Setbacks

Overcoming Creative Rejection: A Guide to Processing and Bouncing Back from Submission Setbacks

This month marks my seventh anniversary self-publishing. It’s been a crazy ride, but it’s also been a fairly lonely one for the most part. I started self-publishing because my first book Keep More Money was written for a very niche audience (small business owners looking for an accountant), and I didn’t think traditional publishers would be interested in it. 

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You Are Enough: Defining Writing Success on Your Terms

You Are Enough: Defining Writing Success on Your Terms

This post is a little different from my previous blog posts. I am participating in the Writing Contest: You Are Enough, hosted by Positive Writer. The goal of the contest is to help writers face their challenges and ignite their passion for writing.

A Google search generates countless inspirational stories about authors who were told they haven’t got what it takes only to make it big later. Stephen King’s Carrie was rejected 30 times before it was published, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was rejected 12 times, and even Dr. Seuss’ first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was rejected 27 times.

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