rejections

What gets exciting in rejections is when you start getting good rejections.

The Big Brush-Off 2006

Personally, I think reading the list of rejections is prize enough.

A Statistical Improbability Ulysses 2009

Personally, I think reading the list of rejections is prize enough.

Archive 2009-11-01 Ulysses 2009

They often tell writers stories of their own struggles to get published, listing all the rejections they get before getting published, they encourage writers to "get the rejections" that racking up a lot of rejections is part of the process to getting published.

GUEST POST: Jennifer Brissett Weighs in on the Writer Pay Rate Flap 2009

Getting rejections is part of being a writer, as is the relationship, if you're lucky, with a great editor who knows or can tease out of you what you meant to say here and here and this point here ...

MIND MELD: Taboo Topics in SF/F Literature 2009

And the SSDI backlog/rejections is a story topic that has the potential to affect all of us; therefore, in my opinion, every TV station in America should begin working on their own local version of the story.

CBS News investigation sheds light on disability benefits rejections BA Haller 2008

However, if a person isn't doing their work (internally) then receiving rejections is PERSONAL and painful rather than a feature of the business - this would lead to avoidant behaviors attached to justification dialogue.

ccfinlay: You lost me at punished ccfinlay 2006

One good thing about being on the end of serial rejections is that it frees one of the fear of rejection.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » It’s Not You, It’s Me. 2006

None of the rejections were any reflection on the recipes themselves, so much as my time kept shrinking and shrinking.

Archive 2008-08-01 Laura 2008

None of the rejections were any reflection on the recipes themselves, so much as my time kept shrinking and shrinking.

Taste & Create: HoneyB's Brooke's Best Bombshell Brownies Laura 2008