‘I opened myself up to the learning process, committing time and money to improving my craft. The happy outcome was that my next novel manuscript found a publisher, and the work I did to fund my M.A. provided inspiration for my second.’
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‘Each rejection tends to have its own unique characteristics, and should therefore be responded to accordingly. ‘
‘My first novel was rejected by over twenty imprints before finding a home. That novel won prizes in the end, but I still remember those adjectives used by agents.’
‘The rage was building… stoked by subterranean rejections of all sorts. Going back to childhood, to the womb, to before the womb, to legions of unplacated ghosts.’