THE SOUL MUST SPEAK, AND LONGS TO BE HEARD

THE FIRST AND FINEST REJECTION

May 10, 2009

Tags: Writing, fction, writing fiction, dreams, immortality

My first rejection was from The New Yorker, when I was fourteen. I sent them a poem, that had something to do with a storm and the exhileration thereof. After some time, they sent back a heavy, cream-colored half-sheet with a black logo across the top: the Manhattan skyline, and a gentleman with top (more…)

Be the first to comment