CT> This guy could sell ice scrapers in Hawaii.  He had some horrible
CT> stories accepted, usually by obscure small press pubs, and then
CT> those pubs would go away.  In a way, I think his sales ability
CT> actually hurt him in a lot of ways.  He was able to sell stuff that
CT> should have never sold, which gave him an inflated idea of his
CT> writing. He's not a bad
I don't understand how you can sell your writing. No matter what kind 
of query letter you write to go along with the story, the writing is 
there right in your face. If the writing is rotten, it's rotten, no 
matter how much the selling letter screams that it's the best thing 
since Hemingway.
CT> response is that there are few things that will kick you off your
CT> complacency and make you get back to studying and getting better
CT> than getting rejected on a regular basis.
Very true, but such a painful way to be forced back to work.
Barbara
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