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]]> By: Ann Wadsworth https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/rejoice-over-rejections/#comment-416146 Sat, 11 Sep 2021 01:19:36 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8451921#comment-416146 Deryn, this was great .,I’m sure I am on your newsletter list but if not please add meLove Ann

]]> By: Sahlan Diver https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/rejoice-over-rejections/#comment-415712 Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:25:22 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8451921#comment-415712 Deryn gives excellent tips for how to respond to and make positive use of criticism. I wouldn’t fault any of her advice. However she is not describing the reality of the typical rejection letter. Yes, professional editors, beta readers and so on will give you a detailed critique such as she describes. These are paid services well worth making use of. But a rejection letter addressed to an as-yet unpublished author will usually say at best, “Thank you but it’s not for us.” In other words, you will be given zero information as to why you have been rejected. Without information, how can you improve your novel? My own (self-published) novels have both been shortlisted in international competitions and consistently receive 4 and 5 star reviews, yet I can get no further than the terse “it’s not for us” rejection. I suspect there is more to this than the quality of the writing and reflects the risk averse nature of modern publishing in this age of e-books and tiny margins.

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