December 17, 2007 | 
Author Get out of the way! I’m gonna puke!
Submission jitters rarely effect me more when there is an actual cents/word payout riding on it. Self-esteem issues are fairly rampant in the writing community: all that rejection, its hard not to internalize.
Even J.K.Rowling, author of Harry Potter series, was rejected numerous times before finding a publisher. Now, I don’t consider JKR to be THE penultimate example of a fabulous writer, but she is disgustingly successful, isn’t she?
A writer HAS to stay positive… way down deep under the dragon-scale thick skin they aquire to shield them from the arrows of publishers who just can’t use their piece.
The waiting is the worst part…. a month? I have to feel like ducking into the bathroom every time I pass it for a month? Will they accept my story? Me? Will I be shunned yet again… the last one picked for the fiction-ball game at story time?
Excuse me. I have to check my mail to see if they responded. Excuse me. I have to go puke.
Glurp.
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Elements of Time
Available from Twin Trinity Media.
Elements of Dimension continues the Twin Trinity short story anthology series with more top-quality stories and poems. This book explores the themes of science fiction, fantasy and reality. I have one short story, "Death Obeyed," and one poem, "Tale of the Suburban Dungeon" in this book.
"Elements of Time" short story anthology is available now. It features winning stories from the Accentuate Services contests plus themed poetry. Two of M. Lori Motley's short stories, "Inescapable" and "No Time Like Now," are included.
"Elements of Soul" short story anthology is available now. It features fifteen winning stories from the Accentuate Services contests plus themed poetry. Two of M. Lori Motley's short stories, "Summer Heat" and "Flood of Tears," are included.