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Submissions Advice

Rejection Doesn't Have to Hurt

"Submit, submit, and submit some more..."

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Lev Raphael
May 02, 2024
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I started my writing career before there was an Internet for writers, so sending out an essay or story involved consulting Writer’s Market or some other guide; either subscribing to journals or checking them out at a local bookstore; typing labels, buying stamps for the manila envelope and the SASE included with my submission; and getting to the post office if I was paranoid about making sure my work got where it was going.

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Lev Raphael
Author of 27 books from memoir to mystery + 100s of essays, short stories, book reviews, blogs. Lev taught creative writing at Michigan State University and Regents College in London and has been invited to teach at Leipzig University.
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