a really useful rejection letter

I’ve just gotten the most useful rejection letter of my life, from a publisher who is pretty clearly enthusiastic about working with me but we’re stumbling around a little in finding the right project. It’d be for a historical YA book/series.

They really loved what I sent them, but it didn’t quite (to summarize wildly) tie in enough with how they sell a lot of their books. So the editor I’ve been talking with *apologized* for pulling me in all sorts of directions (which they haven’t been) and...

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Published on May 19, 2017 03:48
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message 1: by Theresa (new)

Theresa Hall Kues It is great to hear that well established (and popular) authors get rejection letters. It helps take the sting out of those struggling with rejection letters for their first books. Thank you for sharing.


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C.E. Murphy Theresa wrote: "It is great to hear that well established (and popular) authors get rejection letters. It helps take the sting out of those struggling with rejection letters for their first books. Thank you for sh..."

I've gotten half a dozen of 'em over the past year or two! So just keep on working, that's the way to get there! <3


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