Fay Weldon dispenses practical advice in this guide for rejected writers. I haven’t written a novel but I have had a few short stories rejected and thought I’d get ahead of the game by reading this. I don’t regret it – this was some of the best advice I’ve read to revise a story that
I remember you with fondness, but did not get your name tattooed on my skin, because you don’t deserve that honour. Today I talked to a girl you scorned. You lied to her, abused her and tossed her away. Your behaviour was forgotten in the fog of grief at your death. We also politely ignored
Little people drink hot glassthinking they are reala sudden tempesthas them clutch at paperafraid of being swept awayleaving only dyingleaves behind