They say you have to paper a wall with rejection slips but I've been writing plays for school and novel-length manuscripts for so long, I just don't submit that often. Perhaps I'm making a mistake. I found out this week that a rejection can sometimes give just the right kind of encouragement. I just got a letter about a short story I submitted to ( Read more... )

I've stopped writing for Digital Journal. It wasn't just that I was getting paid less than a cent per click. It wasn't just that the stories that seemed to get the most clicks were about nothing important - fad diets anyone? How about opinion stories based on watching TV? What felt like a boot to the head was their best article contest with a prize ( Read more... )