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Grieving A Writing Life

On June 24, 2022 By K.M. Allan105 Comments

When you start out in the writing community, you’re learning, and part of that process is seeing those before you rise. Just as you’re entering the query trenches, there are others being lifted out of them with agent representation and publishing deals, and you wait patiently for the day that person will be you. Before …

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Pleased To Let You Know

Pleased To Let You Know…

On February 1, 2019August 25, 2022 By K.M. Allan88 Comments

If you've been following my blog since the start, i.e. the simpler time of June 2017, you'll know one of my early posts was about the first rejection I received. After Careful Consideration... was the opening line for the rejection and are words that still haunt me to this day. I'd received said rejection February 2016, …

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The Rejection Survival Kit

The Rejection Survival Kit

On January 4, 2019 By K.M. Allan51 Comments

No one likes rejection. When you’re a writer staring at a rejection letter, realizing how much one little word can hurt (and wondering why words have turned against you—you love them!), you’ll need something to make you feel better. I’ve been through some rejections—a whole year in fact. The first one stung. Others rolled off …

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The 5 Stages of Rejection Letter Grief

The 5 Stages of Rejection Letter Grief

On June 8, 2018 By K.M. Allan30 Comments

A few weeks ago I received a rejection letter from a publisher. This wasn’t the first rejection letter I’d received (far from it), nor was it different from any of the other rejection letters I’ve been sent or seen posted by other writers. There was the usual, it’s not you, it’s me, and the non-committal …

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The Quickest Ways To Have Your Writing Rejected

The Quickest Ways To Have Your Writing Rejected

On January 19, 2018January 19, 2018 By K.M. Allan21 Comments

No one likes to be rejected, but it comes with the territory when you're a writer. In fact, some would say you haven't earned your writer stripes until you've been on the receiving end of a rejection slip. While you might find it ideal to get the rejection over with as quickly as possible (kinda …

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What A Year of Agent Rejections Taught Me

What A Year of Agent Rejections Taught Me

On November 24, 2017November 24, 2017 By K.M. Allan15 Comments

At the end of November in 2015, I sent off my very first agent query. When I was rejected a few months later, it was 2016, and I committed to spending that year sending out more queries. It was a big step, and a process that saw me question if my MS was ready, stop …

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The Lessons I learned After Writing Four Books

On August 25, 2017 By K.M. Allan13 Comments

This week I nailed a writing goal and finished the fourth book in my YA series. Finally I had typed, “The End”, knowing I’d written everything that I wanted to. While there's still more editing to be done on this book and the other three—for now—the series is complete. That got me thinking, not only …

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Surviving Rejection

On August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 By K.M. Allan10 Comments

One of the most nerve-racking steps on the writing journey is submitting your book to agents and publishers. I've been there, done that, and have been rejected—multiple times. It's not fun, especially as you usually aren't told why. With nothing to go on, you're then left to think of your own reasons; was it not …

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Tips for Getting Yourself Through Self-Doubt

On July 13, 2017 By K.M. Allan2 Comments

It's very easy to sink into self-doubt on your writing journey, particularly after having a bad writing day or getting a rejection. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned as a writer, it’s that every other writer feels exactly the same way. Knowing that you aren’t the only one who feels untalented and ready to …

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K.M. Allan

YA writer and blogger. Author of The Blackbirch Series, The Beginning, The Dark Half, and The Ritual (books 1, 2 & 3) are out now! I'm also an identical twin, but not the evil one.

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