publishing
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Congratulations! You failed!
If there’s anything consistent about the creative life, it’s that you will get rejected. A lot. I’m sure you know that already, but probably, when you first started sending out work, a part of you assumed that wouldn’t apply to you. The first time I sent out a story, I had this fantasy–we all had…
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Confessions of a Slush Pile Reader (Part 1)
I’ve been on the editorial board for PRISM for close to a year now, and what that means is that instead of being rejected I get to reject other people. It’s less gleefully vengeful than it sounds. I can’t speak for the entire magazine, but I thought I’d clear up a few myths about what makes…