About a week ago I
realised it was time I started blogging again.
The theme was going to be
in stark contrast to the previous post in April (see below) when I'd
had a good run of successes. Since then it has been rejection after
rejection and I was going to highlight the fact that we have to
accept the lows as well as the highs in this business. You're only as
good as your last story and a whole load of published stories doesn't
guarantee that you'll get another. A lean period can get you down but
I was going to say that you just have to keep going even if you're
not sure what you're doing wrong.
Then the e-mail came. I
thought it was going to be another 'not quite there on this one,
Keith' but it was two sales and I was back in the game. One was a
brand new story and the other was a rewrite which, I had been told,
needed a little more characterisation.
So it really does pay to
just get your head down and write, write, write. Keep sending them
out and try not to get disheartened.
Don't forget to enjoy
yourselves too.
