PROJECT MAYHEM

See this? It's a rejection from my editor Stacey, written in 2008!  She didn't buy a book from me until 2013. I first started ...

My writing space. Isn't it cozy? A few years ago I recorded  a podcast  with author  Tsh Oxenreider . As we talked about submissi...

These are my REAL rejection letters from 2009-2010. Just last week, Kell Andrews did a great post on rejection letters. Below a...

I showed my 12-year-old daughter my rejection folder. I was trying to encourage her as she tried out for the seventh-grade volleyball team ...

You may believe that your chances of selling your MG novel to a publisher are contingent upon how well you tell a story.  You may be conv...

Me : Hi, Rejection! Welcome to Project Middle Grade Mayhem! (I think….) Rejection : Thanks, Linda! I’m VERY happy to be here. I’ve know...

A few weeks ago, a friend was smarting from some editor responses to her MG novel on submission. One said it was heavy-handed. Another said...

So there’s a lovely bit of encouragement that gets repeated when people are giving writerly pep talks to those on the road to publica...

I'm forever reading books from other writers about the craft of writing. Writing is solitary in many ways. I'm always looking for  c...