Good news or bad from Woman's World magazine? Take a guess.
It's hard to get mad when the rejection comes with phrases like "This is cute." This last rejection started with "This is a sweet story." The next word sums up the problem "but." She liked this last rejected story so much that she wrote, "but you might successfully submit this elsewhere." But where? I asked myself. I searched for a couple of hours, not finding other publishers of such short stories.
Back to the drawing board(or more accurately the keyboard.) Think I am going to focus on my contest writing for a while.
Leann Holland
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Don't give up on WW. I can't tell you how many stories I've had rejected before I finally sold. Unlike some people, I don't keep rejections. Just rewrite and resubmit.
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Hello, LeAnn. I just visited your blog and have marked it to look further as I have time. I love the tree picture. Can you tell me what kind of tree it is and if it has special significance for you.
ReplyDeleteI see we are on same type blog, and invite you to visit my own. I have only been writing a few weeks and was leery of it, but now find the blog quite fun to write. claudia
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Thank you for the nice comments. I will eventually get back to writing for WW but I think I will take a month off to do some other writing and research.
ReplyDeleteBookie, I visited your website as well. Thank you for the stories that took me down memory lane. As for the tree, I have no idea as to what kind. Last fall, our family went for a hike in the nearby national park - Natchez Trace Parkway. While my husband attended to our children, I got creative with my camera. I spied this beauty. As a person of the Christian faith, I loved the symbolism.
I've received similar R's. It's frustrating, isn't it? To be so close and yet not able to break through. I'm taking a break from WW subs for now, but I'm sure I'll find my way back there eventually.
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