This is my annual blog post about rejection—I mean my annual blog post in which I tell you how many writing submissions I made in the previous year and then tell you how many times literary magazines said YES and how many times they said NO WAY. (Your job is to say BOO to all
Join us on September 21st, from 4-6 PM, for an enlightening event inspired by Be Kind To Editors Month! Our special guest Jan Parker is an acquisitions editor with Main Street Rag, a beloved regional literary journal, and she’s the author of our own Eddy Says blog post series. Get ready to dive into the
The power of politeness: how playing nice in your cover letter can help you succeed in publishing For those of you who’ve not ridden the submissions pony before, for those of you who’ve already wet your toes in the pool with publishing, and for those of you who’ve proudly got an agent and a house,
Congrats to all of you fiction writers getting published out there. For those of you running into walls, here’s help. In this series, pick up one-minute pointers from the Fiction Acquisitions Editor of a NC Indy press. Take what you need and leave the rest. A word on critique If you agree to critique another
Congrats to all of you fiction writers getting published out there. For those of you running into walls, here’s help. In this series, pick up one-minute pointers from the Fiction Acquisitions Editor of a NC Indy press. Take what you need and leave the rest. 5 tips for improving your odds of publication Read your
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