I’ve given myself 100 days (EEK!) to get at least one manuscript ready for submission rejection.
On August 1, I started a new project. I didn’t post about it because….I didn’t. (That’s not really the point. Let’s move on, shall we.)
Anyway, my new project is called “The Rejection Project”. I’ve given myself 100 days (EEK!) to get at least one manuscript ready for submission rejection.
I’ve been writing all of my life but started actively pursuing a career in writing in 2013. Since 2013, I have started at least 7 stories. Some are series, some are standalone, but none are complete. And editors can’t reject what they can’t read.
My timeline is roughly 30 days to write/compile, 60 days to revise/receive critiques and 10 days to cobble together a submission package. If I follow this schedule, I should be ready to start submitting by November 8. (The rejections should follow soon after.)
I know I can’t be the first one to do something like this, so please don’t flame me with a thousand “so and so did it first (and better)”. However, if you do want to let me know (politely) of other projects like this, I’d love to link to their work and maybe interview them for this page.
I’ll be checking in regularly (but not too regularly, I have a schedule to keep) and letting you in on my progress and process, as well as my failure and frustrations. I’ll also be spotlighting some of my friends who are “Rejection Failures” (ie. published authors).
Finally, I know this looks a lot like NaNo (National Novel Writing Month). I’ve started NaNo a few times (read 6 and counting if you add in the camps) but I’ve only completed it once. From Halloween until Mother’s Day, my schedule is not my own (which is also why this project needs to end in early November), so NaNo doesn’t work for me. Also, I don’t just need to write, but also revise so I need more than one month. Anywho, that’s why this is not happening during NaNo.
That’s all from me for now!
I. Sphinx
