Rejections: Toasting Confidence

by | Oct 2, 2012 | Of Literary Interest

I think the best rejections are really just flawed acceptances. The best rejection I ever received was an email from Speer Morgan at The Missouri Review. It pertained to a piece that I was really proud of, and one that I was hoping would find its way in at one of the...

Rejections: A Good Lesson

by | Sep 11, 2012 | Of Literary Interest, Writing

I read with interest that you’re running a piece on rejection. Being an expert on the subject myself, I was extremely excited by that news, and am sending you limited excerpts from my own archive of smashed dreams. The best, and least painful thing to do, is to...