My 10-year-old daughter, Gracie, is smart. She’s “I get 100% on standardized tests” kind-of-smart. And while these smarts are wonderful and amazing, they bring with them their own set of issues to be worked out. I’ll never forget her coming home in 2nd grade, sobbing. “What happened?” I asked, bracing myself for a skinned knee... Continue Reading →
Check Yourself
Sending your work out on submission is hard. So is rejection. I suspect that many of us can handle rejection alright. I mean, it's not fun. (Although we can get together and try to have a little fun with it!) But we know, there are so many obstacles we must be able to get over to... Continue Reading →
The Art of Tumbling: How to Fail without Falling to Pieces
If you're submitting your work, then I'm guessing that you may have had some experience with feeling like you're "failing". Do rejections equal failure? Definitely not! But we all know that sometimes it can be tough to take on those rejections. Today Sub It Clubber, Hannah Holt is here to share with us The Art... Continue Reading →
The Elephant in the Query Room: REJECTION
Let us speak about... No, wait. That's too cute. Try this one: What do we do with our rejections? WE DO NOT POST THEM ON OUR BLOGS. WE DO NOT REFER TO THEM ON OUR BLOGS IN OBLIQUE WAYS. WE BARELY ADMIT THAT WE ARE QUERYING ON OUR BLOGS. Why? Let's see. Do you like... Continue Reading →