Just realized I forgot to mention the absolute best remedy for rejection--ACCEPTANCE! And you can't get those acceptances if you don't keep submitting.
In a kind twist of fate, I received good news in the mailbox today (three hours after my bad news email.) I'm in the midst of a mad-dash rewrite of another midgrade fantasy novel, Juggling the Keystone--and it's one of the top three finalists for this year's Paul Gillette Writing Contest.
Woo-hoo! Thanks, God!
Cheryl
Woohoo! Yay, you! Congrats on being in the top three.
ReplyDeleteIs Juggling the Keystone the novel that a short story of yours in CRICKET came from? That I don't remember the title of, but which I enjoyed very much.
Thank you :). "Juggling Trust," the short story, actually came first. I liked the characters enough to turn expand the tale into a novel.
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