Sorry to hear about the rejection, kirsteenamom. All the best with your other submissions.
if they're sending snail mail, does that mean I have to watch my mailbox too? Oh dear.
Sorry to hear about the rejection, kirsteenamom. All the best with your other submissions.
if they're sending snail mail, does that mean I have to watch my mailbox too? Oh dear.
I got a handbag that it fit in, so have my current notebook with me always. I get an hour for lunch so decided to devote that time to writing and that is where I get most of my work done! Then on the weekends I type it up and flesh it out - thinking this way I knock the zero draft and the first draft out in one go. I wish I could be faster, but hopefully next book.
It was a printed card with a space to hand write the title of the book, but I was glad to get something physcial in the post. I'm going to frame it as my first rejection
i've submitted to angry robot and gollancz and I'm really happy to have got through to a second reading.
Good luck everyone!
but best of luck with the other submissions.
Thank you -I'm quite philosophical as it's the first novel I've ever written and very raw. The card was very nice it said:
Thank you for sending us.......Driftstream.......
Unfortunately we do not feel that this proposal is suitable for publication on our list. With a very limited number of available places for new writers, we have to ensure that the entire team is one hundred per cent behind every new acquisition and, sadly, that's not the case in this instanec.
Thank you for the opportunity to read your work and best wishes with your endeavours.
It was a printed card with a space to hand write the title of the book, but I was glad to get something physcial in the post. I'm going to frame it as my first rejection
i've submitted to angry robot and gollancz and I'm really happy to have got through to a second reading.
Good luck everyone!
but at least you've still got the other two in hand. Was it definitely Hodderscape, btw, and not Gollancz? I only ask because it seems Gollancz are sending out postal Rs. I guess I'm also selfishly hoping -- it's bad enough watching inboxes for the darned things without having to fear the letter box too!i got my card today - rejection
Hold the phones!!!! it was Gollanz - I just was thinking hodderscape so didn't process properly! (That's what chronic insomnia does to you).
So I'm still in the mix with Hodderscape
and yes, I'm in the UK
When you posted about that the other day, all I could think was that I just got rid of a bunch of junk mail from my kitchen counter, and how worried I was that a tiny postcard would have been missed!
Hold the phones!!!! it was Gollanz - I just was thinking hodderscape so didn't process properly! (That's what chronic insomnia does to you).
So I'm still in the mix with Hodderscape
and yes, I'm in the UK
That's great to hear how you do it, I feel a twinge of inspiration! And a bit of determination, much needed. Am sure I can work out a way to fit writing in, it's got to be done really.Sorry about your rough year - when I started this new job, I didn't write for almost three years, it was so taxing. I finally have it in hand. What helped me the most was to switch up how I write - and that became me filling Moleskin notebooks with purple ink.
Hold the phones!!!! it was Gollanz - I just was thinking hodderscape so didn't process properly! (That's what chronic insomnia does to you).
So I'm still in the mix with Hodderscape
and yes, I'm in the UK
Hold the phones!!!! it was Gollanz - I just was thinking hodderscape so didn't process properly! (That's what chronic insomnia does to you).
So I'm still in the mix with Hodderscape
and yes, I'm in the UK
Figure it out, what works for you. I never thought handwriting first sitting in my work conference room staring out at the river now and then to think would work so well for me. Crazycakes.
Table fixied.Hold the phones!!!! it was Gollanz - I just was thinking hodderscape so didn't process properly! (That's what chronic insomnia does to you).
So I'm still in the mix with Hodderscape
and yes, I'm in the UK
