Feeling Rejected?
by Julie Failla Earhart
Receiving an e-mail or a letter saying that your work rejected does NOT mean the work is bad. There area ton of reasons editors reject pieces. While some are valid and objective; some are merely subjective. Some examples of each are:
Objective reasons:
*Not following the guidelines (in regards to word count, genre, or theme).
Subjective reasons:
Remember, if you want to be published, keep sending out your work. For every rejection you receive, send your work to two other publications. Eventually, your work will find the perfect home.
Julie Failla Earhart is an internationally published author and the author of a short story collection, Home Sweet Home & Other Dangerous Places, published in 2007. She has been writing for more than 10 years and has been published in many publications around the world, most notably in India and the UK. She is still working on a second collection, Pillar of Fire.