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How to Deal With Rejection Syndrome

Published on June 11, 2015June 10, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell6 Comments

Fight It Baby!

Ach! Another rejection.

Of course, after I reread the submission, I would’ve rejected the piece myself.

What on earth possessed me?

Oh well, next…

Write, submit, tweak, write, submit, and repeat.

Or something like that.

I recently read a great article that implied women are wimps when it comes to re-submitting.

Ladies – man up!

Submit Like A Man: How Women Writers Can Become More Successful

Stop getting your feelings hurt! Rejections are all subjective. (or so I keep telling myself.) Judges are human after all and need coffee to wake up each morning too. Hmm, unless we are dealing with vampires. Stay on topic Jean.

What I’m trying to say is, caviar is just fish eggs for some people.

So, ladies and gents, submit everywhere again and again.

Because I’m beginning to believe getting published is as much a numbers game as a game of talent.

Have you been rejected lately? How did you deal with it? Did you resubmit right away or wait awhile?

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Is your website easy to read on a mobile device?

Published on June 10, 2015June 9, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell6 Comments

Is your blog mobile ready?

Whether, a book review, cooking, breaking news, mommy & me, or cute kitties blog, you need to make sure it passes the mobile ready test.

Shocker! I just found out mine wasn’t. Guess what I’m doing later today?

Mobile use has skyrocketed over the past years. People are on the go and using their smart phones to connect. Make sure they can read your blog in the doctors waiting room, the hairdressers chair or pool side catching a few rays.

How do you find out if your blog is mobile readable?

Google has a Mobile-Friendly Test page. Here you can put in your website and Google will let you know if your blog is mobile ready.

Follow the steps and get smart phone ready so people on the go can keep up with you and your blog.

Want to know how many people read your blog on their smart phones?

Go to Google Analytics click on the “Audience” section. Then select “Mobile > Overview.” Here you should find information on the amount of traffic your blog receives from a mobile device.

Whew! That’s done!

Can you read it now?

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How to Tweet and Blog Effectively

Published on June 9, 2015June 6, 2017 by Jean M. Cogdell6 Comments

Think you’re too busy for Twitter?

Well there is a way to tweet and keep writing.

Over at Positive Writer, Bryan Collins lists 6 tips on how we can be successful on Twitter and not let our writing suffer.

Twitter and Facebook are tools writers use to engage readers, not annoy them.

My favorite is number 5, there Bryan gets us started with 10 great hashtags.

Tweets can get lost without hashtags.

Need more than 10? How about 100?

Then click on Areogramme Writers’ Studio for 100 hashtags every writer should know. Thanks Bryan for the link.

Here are 7 more tips for success from Janice Wald.

Want to Visit Paris?

Published on June 8, 2015June 6, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell

Want to travel?

No Time?

Today we are able to travel in books and blogs. One great blog in which you can enjoy a virtual trip to Paris is –

at Teresa Lutz, A Francophile in France.

There are wonderful pictures and descriptions to make you dream of visiting Paris and might just inspire your writing.

Check out Teresa’s latest adventure.

Vaux le Vicomte by candlelight.

PS.

Teresa is my daughter and I can’t wait to visit later in the year.

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