Monthly Archives: June 2012

Learning from Bad Manuscripts

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Today I pulled the plug on my WIP manuscript, The Swarm. At final count, the unfinished collection of garbage words weighed in at just under 53,000 words. Considering that novels run anywhere from 60,000-75,000 words and up, shouldn’t I be sad that I stopped so close to “the end?” Hell no!

Do Rejections Have Something to Teach Us About Our Writing?

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Rejection is fact of life when it comes to being a writer. It’s going to happen no matter how famous/wonderful/handsome/talented you are. The sooner you learn that, the sooner you can get past rejection’s harsh sting. The other day I read a post by Maurice Broaddus about learning from rejection letters. He shows a few [...]