Posts Tagged "publication"

This past Saturday, I had a chance to attend the first ever Monroe County Book Expo hosted by the Eastern Monroe Public Library in Stroudsburg, PA. It was a fun opportunity to meet some local authors and to catch up with some I already know. I also had the opportunity to sit on a panel with two other authors. One of the things I found interesting about my fellow panelists, is that each of them had a different story of publication, and that along with me none of us has had what might be considered the “traditional” story of publication. I don’t know if there is any one traditional publication story, but in writing circles the the most traditional publication story is that after completing and polishing a manuscript one goes looking for an agent....

Today, I received a rejection letter that actually lifted my spirits, and I am not saying that to be sarcastic. First off I was surprised at finding the envelope, with my former address written in my hand on the front, the yellow forwarding sticker in place to make sure that it reached me here in New Jersey. I was surprised because as far as I knew I didn’t have any submission out there that I was waiting to hear on. I opened up the envelope to find a form rejection letter with a hand-written note of apology. The rejection letter was for a short story I had submitted about a year ago, and had already written off as being rejected, even though I hadn’t heard back. I even wondered if I had done something really dopey like not putting a stamp on my return...