Comments on: The Value of Rejection: A Guest Post by Monica Bhide

By: LindaFormichelli

LindaFormichelli — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:16:47 +0000

Karen, isn’t Marcela great? Yes, platform is huge!

By: Karen Elliott

Karen Elliott — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:27:58 +0000

Hi all – When I attended an all-day seminar/workshop through the University of New Mexico last year, I attended a break-out with Marcela Landres and she was the FIRST person to ever give me a clue on “platform”. She was the first person who had even mentioned it – and I had been taking classes and going to workshops and writer’s weekends for more than three years! At first, I had no idea what she was talking about – couldn’t I just write and sell my writing? But the more I thought about it, the more sense it made. I’ve been working more on platform – putting myself out on the internet, writing and entering contests, more classes, making more contacts on-line and in person. And in turn, I’ve met a lot of great professional people on line

By: MonicaBhide

MonicaBhide — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:46:56 +0000

You are welcome! I wish you all the best!

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:14:49 +0000

I’m going through the process myself right now. I try to remain open and hopeful and tell myself the valuable ones have good data to incorporate in future pitches. Also, as in love, you may feel like declaring yourself a failure during this process but it only takes one! I’m buoyed by the good things I can glean from the feedback. If they like the writing but not the topic; hey, they like my writing. Or, they like both but have something similar already committed, that’s good news, too. So far no meanies. Hope not to encounter any like those you mention! Thanks so much for sharing your story.

By: Dara Chadwick

Dara Chadwick — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:54:34 +0000

Well said, Monica!