The Daily NO – Rejection #1

Next up on The Daily No, we’re traveling all the way back to the beginning, to the first rejection I received once I started tracking my submissions on Duotrope. Imagine, if you will, a warm spring day in Seattle, circa 2012. A baby writer waits excitedly to hear back about the perfect, wonderful story he’s submitted to a pro market that is sure to be accepted and published (it’s perfect and wonderful, remember?) only to have his hopes and dreams cruelly dashed by the unfeeling juggernaut of the...

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Published on August 26, 2025 09:26
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