{"id":118,"date":"2004-02-15T04:37:00","date_gmt":"2004-02-15T04:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=118"},"modified":"2004-02-15T04:37:00","modified_gmt":"2004-02-15T04:37:00","slug":"118","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Rejection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rejection Collection<\/a> is a web site to which writers submit their rejection letters and then comment on how the letters made them feel.<\/p>\n

While dwelling on their feelings, few seem to resolve to write better and to research markets better.<\/p>\n

Here<\/a>, an editor reflects at greater length about how these wounded writer egos are missing the whole point and\/or are ignorant about how publishing works. Zowie!<\/p>\n

Remember, the first million words are just for practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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