http://maryjunebrown.com/2007/06/21/that-story/ more than meeting your eyes, i promise. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://maryjunebrown.com/2007/06/21/that-story/#comment-789 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:22:18 +0000 http://maryjunebrown.com/2007/06/21/that-story/#comment-789 This is the hardest thing about writing for me, and I probably don’t spend enough time submitting stories or looking for markets to send them to, so it seems quite likely a lot of my stories will languish on my hard drive.

]]> http://maryjunebrown.com/2007/06/21/that-story/#comment-780 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:17:00 +0000 http://maryjunebrown.com/2007/06/21/that-story/#comment-780 My best story, “Daughter”, was turned down by 50 different magazines and anthologies before finding a home in a small British magazine. It’s heart-breaking when you know you’ve got a terrific tale but no one else seems to recognize it. Far worse, however, is spending THREE YEARS writing a novel and have it go absolutely nowhere–publishers, agents and editors declining to even look at the manuscript. That’s what I’m going through now and, believe me, it is a very ugly, demeaning process. I’ve been a professional writer for over 20 years, have over a hundred published stories and anthology appearances but that didn’t even allow me a foot in the door with my novel. So I’d like to reassure you that there is hope, better times ahead but, based on my experiences…

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