rejection letters – Gwen Hernandez

Is it Christmas yet?

I’ve already figured out what I want for Christmas next year. I want to go to the Writer’s Police Academy put on by Lee Lofland (founder of The Graveyard Shift blog about police procedure and crime scene investigation). Unfortunately, I didn’t know about the WPA until my writing funds for the year were already allocated, but

One No closer to Yes

November 17, 2009Gwen HernandezWriting Life

I got my first rejection letter–well, email–today. The worst kind: a form letter with no personalization at all. Well, now I’ve lived through that. As the positive thinking experts would say, “I’m one ‘no’ closer to ‘yes’.” I actually thought I’d be more upset, but I think my many months of conditioning through reading RWA