Ah, rejection. This show is all about how to make rejection work for you. Or at least make it not kill you. Rejection can make you stronger. And it’s an excuse to treat yourself to something nice.

Tee Morris
Writer’s Market
Ralan.com

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Well, thanks to Kat from TSFPN, we now have a writing workshop. If you want to be part of it, email me and I’ll send you the password to the forum, and from there please read the rules and then start posting.

This should be fun, I’m looking forward to it!

Man I hate rewriting.

For the record, I did write more words after this podcast, so my wordcount is slightly higher than reported here. We discuss rewriting, the forums, and NaNoWriMo in further detail.

I’m feeling like the show notes are getting repetitive.

The Secrets Podcast
NaNoWriMo

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449 words this morning. Back on the horse. Or wagon. Or something.

New goal - finish this novel by mid-October and then consider starting the new one during NaNoWriMo. This may be too ambitious. This may be insane. But that’s another one of those Writing Rules they tell you - finish the first book and start on the second.

(Oh, and they say don’t make the second one a sequel, since you have no guarantee that the first will sell)

The promised interview with a real live published writer! Mike Stackpole took the time to sit down and chat with me at DragonCon, and I recorded this interview.

I also discuss some feedback I’ve gotten.

ISBW Forums! Let’s build a community!
NaNoWriMo (Yes, I say it very funny in the podcast)
The Secrets Podcast

Thanks for listening. You should be writing.

Thanks so much to Dana Countryman for the kind permission to use his song, Lovesick Martian Boy, as ISBW’s theme music.

 

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The plot turns as our hero is slain by Dragon (Con) and admits to real life deadlines totally breaking her.

She admits defeat. Defeat in the battle, but not the war!

Today, a normal ISBW. Tomorrow, hope hope hope, I will get my interview with Mike Stackpole up for your listening pleasure. And we’ll be back on track!

Link of interest for the show:

Ralan.com

This just in - I Should Be Writing is now a member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network! Woot!

Enjoy the show. You should be writing.

Thanks so much to Dana Countryman for the kind permission to use his song, Lovesick Martian Boy, as ISBW’s theme music.

 

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Got home from my trip to find a rejection letter from SciFiction in the mailbox.

It was a form letter and did not list my story title on the page. I checked my records and Sonar says I have nothing at SciFiction. But they couldn’t have gotten one of my SASE’s… so I have no clue what story they’re rejecting.

Let this be a lesson to you. I now am hesitant to send any more of my existing stories to SciFiction because of this one mistake, as you do NOT want to send the same story to a magazine twice.

I will try my hardest to get an ISBW up today. It’s already planned out, I just have to *do* it.

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