In this market-driven world how does a writer manage to be authentic? How am I supposed to write my own stories, but find that best-selling idea? How do I find my voice while listening to (and studying) so many voices? How do I maintain my Self amid the loud and frantic marketplace? Being your true self in publishing isn’t easy. People are constantly pushing on the mid-career writer. Try this. Write that. Tone that down. Beef this up. And then, as well: Sell yourself, establi

This is a tale of luck. It’s also a typical story of how a short story gets published. I’m relating this tale to assure those of you who may feel discouraged about selling stories and depressed about rejections, that rejection is common even for multi-published writers. And–in the shared misery category–to assure you that all writers hate to be turned down. And how you persevere and sell the damn thing anyway. My little tale goes like this: A couple years ago I read a news ar