06. Your Work is Not a Good Fit at This Time

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If sending your work into the world makes you feel simultaneously elated and anxious, you’re not alone. Unfortunately, rejection is par for the course in the writer’s life, but I believe there are some tangible ways we can navigate it with more grace and less of an impact to our sensitive writer’s heart.

Highlights

• My reaction to a 1-star book review

• How to view our fear from a more expansive vantage point

• 6 things to do when your work is rejected

Links + Resources

• Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry

• Wild Words: Rituals, Routines, and Rhythms for Braving the Writer’s Path

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