2015 Haiga

Handling Rejections by Angela Topping

Very good blog post about handling rejections. I generally write prose not poetry, but I think her advice applies there too. Especially the part about revising. I had a personal essay rejected three times this year and then after some minor tweaking it was accepted by the next lit journal I submitted it to. I have another short story that has been rejected five times so far. Two of the editors wanted to publish it, but they didn't like the ending. So I made some changes and now have it out there again. Rejection letters shouldn't be inspiration killers. Instead, use them to inspire you to either make revisions or to keep submitting.

 

https://angelatopping.wordpress.com/2015/12/23/on-rejection/

Sol Invictus Eve!

Merry Saturnalia!!!

Jedi Blogging Tips

I realize it is a little ironic for me to post a link to tips for being a better blogger since I'm not much of a blogger myself yet, but there is some good advice in this blog and hey, it's got a Star Wars catch too.

http://positivewriter.com/13-jedi-tips-on-how-to-be-the-best-blogger-writer-you-can-be/

Too Hot for December

New Meme

Star Wars vs Star Trek according to Bill Nye

I guess I'm a bit of a Sci Fi slut. I like both of them. And I'm much more willing to suspend my disbelief for Sci Fi like Star Wars rather than almost all of the dreadful action movies Hollywood pumps out these days.

http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2015/12/star-trek-star-wars-bill-nye/

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If I were Emperor Nero I guess I'd be worried.

Great Submissions List

Lots of links for submissions in this one.

http://entropymag.org/where-to-submit-december-january/

iAuthor

I haven't really done much with iAuthor other than loading my books on there quite a while back. This is a pretty good list of tips though. I might need to check it out again and see what's available there.

https://medium.com/@iAuthor/how-to-forge-your-author-brand-on-iauthor-8-insider-tips-e921608880ef#.i96mtrkmx