...so Sara said:
Setting the wrong things... write.
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I’ve already broken both of them. I have to come clean. My resolutions were to write more (obviously, that’s ever writer’s resolution… every day of every year.) I’ve kind of made good on that. I have two guest blogs coming out on toughXcookies within the next month, but I’d like to do some writing here. Tumblr, I shake my fist at you.
My other resolution was to diversify the bras I wear. I know, that’s weird. But girls, you know what I mean. I have about 10 and I only wear 2 or 3. Whatever. I just can’t do it. But I can’t throw them away because… well, they’re expensive. What to do?
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Photo reblogged from liveblogging my life.
UGH. This is my life! I can’t write for shit anymore and it is killing me.
(Source: ilovecharts)
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I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, “Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.Hemmingway
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A friend sent me this link and if you are in the same writing boat, it’s a great read. We are all on this weird journey together and sometimes a little reassurance is nice.
Submitting writing is very similar to the job hunt. I’ve submitted to over 100 places and have gotten over 100 rejections. Some people still haven’t even written back to me.
But the 7 or 8 acceptances I’ve gotten are that much sweeter for it. Enjoy the ride!
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Consider creating your own social media company instead of applying to work for others.
Strive to be a professional manager of social media escorts!
But what would it be called? (Besides the obvious: So Sara Said)
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Photo reblogged from No ideas but in things
Someone should post this in the Craig’s List “writing” section.
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Photo reblogged from I am RockstarJedi... You've been warned.
If I had the money, I probably would have done this at some point in my life. Instead, I publish stories about it.
If we are friends and you down own at least one of these, then we aren’t friends.
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After taking a job at the flower shop to do things like social media and copywriting, begin to write a press release about how they donate flowers to nursing homes after large events.
Send this to a past editor.
He passes it on.
You get an email from another editor — a fellow who works for two different newspapers. He wants to publish your press release in both papers if you turn into more of a story.
Glee.
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I’m thinking of posting vignettes from the new story I’m working on as I write them… but it makes me nervous. What to do?
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We are writing with mixed news. While this particular submission is not exactly what we’re looking for, we enjoyed your work and encourage you to submit again in the future.
About this submission, our editors said: We love the format, and we LOVE the last line, the one about being born. But everyone is so beautiful and smart and romantic. It just doesn’t seem authentic. Maybe there’s an underlying hint of darkness? If so, the writer should play that up. The train comes to an end eventually, right?
(I just got this rejection for a short story I’ve been trying to get published. A lot of the rejections read like this. Does this mean I should edit it or does it mean someone is about to accept it? Hmmm… there just is no darkness here.)
