Writing is
a hard business. A lot of the time there is no guidance or direction on what to
do to break into the business. The advice is generic most of the time such as
“write a great story,” but that’s entirely subjective. Rejections are even less
helpful with their language designed to cool writers out, and that’s just when
we get them. More often than not, anymore, the only rejection we receive is no
reply, which is completely unhelpful in every way.
Still, I
love writing. I want to be a writer. So I press on.
I’m willing
to take up alternate tactics. If I can’t do a surgical strike to break into the
business, I’ll carpet bomb. A nicer way to say it is to say I’m diversifying.
I’ll crank out many different stories until something makes it through the
defensive lines.