Passing on some good advice

[oursilverstrands]

I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly. I periodically receive e-mails from a Writer Beware Blog. This blog seems particularly apropos to new and not so new writers. I think that describes most of us, so I'm passing it along.

Lillian



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When Persistence Becomes a Vice

Posted: 17 Sep 2010 09:48 AM PDT

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware

It's all very well to declare that getting published isn't a **** shoot--that smart and persistent writers with marketable manuscripts have a very reasonable chance of landing a publishing contract. But what if you've been submitting a manuscript you're convinced is marketable--a manuscript that has gotten compliments and encouragement not just from your friends and beta readers, but from agents and/or editors--and you still can't find representation or publication?

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Lillian, Author
When Youth Fades - Aging from a Biblical Perspective
www.oursilverstrands.com

Fortunate 500

[RedBaron]

I moved it to the Forewarned is Forearmed forum

Oh... now that I read more of it, it probably would be a better fit in the Open Forum. I saw the Beware part and jumped the gun... I've got to get more sleep.

If you want to copy/paste and repost it back in the Open Forum, it is a good fit there.

[Sparrow]

Great article. David Ian said somthing similar at the last FW conference. Good idea to keep working on other things so your heart isn't as wrapped up in the one prized manuscript.