Comments on: Why Am I Getting Rejections From Editors? http://writersontherise.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/why-am-i-getting-rejections-from-editors/ Take Your Career to New Heights! Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Dealing with Actual Rejection « Writer Mama Riffs on Raising A Writing Career Alongside Your Kids http://writersontherise.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/why-am-i-getting-rejections-from-editors/#comment-51 Dealing with Actual Rejection « Writer Mama Riffs on Raising A Writing Career Alongside Your Kids Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:22:45 +0000 http://writersontherise.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/why-am-i-getting-rejections-from-editors/#comment-51 [...] If you’d like a second opinion on this topic, Wendy Burt has written about it recently in Writers on the Rise. [...] [...] If you’d like a second opinion on this topic, Wendy Burt has written about it recently in Writers on the Rise. [...]

]]> By: Two Great Writer Mama Posts « Writer Mama Riffs on Raising A Writing Career Alongside Your Kids http://writersontherise.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/why-am-i-getting-rejections-from-editors/#comment-8 Two Great Writer Mama Posts « Writer Mama Riffs on Raising A Writing Career Alongside Your Kids Sun, 08 Apr 2007 01:12:15 +0000 http://writersontherise.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/why-am-i-getting-rejections-from-editors/#comment-8 [...] writer mamas will  appreciate the writer mama perspective in Wendy Burt’s column, “Why Am I Getting Rejections from Editors?” and C. Hope’s Clark’s column, “Who’s the Boss at [...] [...] writer mamas will  appreciate the writer mama perspective in Wendy Burt’s column, “Why Am I Getting Rejections from Editors?” and C. Hope’s Clark’s column, “Who’s the Boss at [...]

]]> By: EelKat http://writersontherise.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/why-am-i-getting-rejections-from-editors/#comment-7 EelKat Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:16:10 +0000 http://writersontherise.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/why-am-i-getting-rejections-from-editors/#comment-7 #2 get feedback from non-family and friends This is what I am always saying, but writers always say:"but my mom loved it!" and I ask, "But is your mom an editor at Double Day?", to which they say: "Of course not, what differance does that make?" My answer... well a lot of differance. Every mom loves their baby's work, every school teacher has a class full of fans, but does that make your manuscript good? You'll never know until you get an unbiased vote on it. Saddly, very few writers want to hear this. great post and great blog! ~~EK #2 get feedback from non-family and friends

This is what I am always saying, but writers always say:”but my mom loved it!” and I ask, “But is your mom an editor at Double Day?”, to which they say: “Of course not, what differance does that make?” My answer… well a lot of differance. Every mom loves their baby’s work, every school teacher has a class full of fans, but does that make your manuscript good? You’ll never know until you get an unbiased vote on it. Saddly, very few writers want to hear this.

great post and great blog!

~~EK

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