Curriculum
Module 01 of Submit Anyway (Mindset & Mechanics).
Every working writer has a stack of nos taller than yours. The difference is they treat the no like postage. We start with the maths — submissions sent vs. yeses received — and the reframe that nos are the unit of measurement and yeses are the eventual side effect. The maths is the medicine.
DARE →
Submit one thing to one place this week. Treat it like a postcard. Send the next one tomorrow.
⚙ ANSWER PLACEHOLDER — write this one in Book Maven voice.
⚙ ANSWER PLACEHOLDER — write this one in Book Maven voice.
⚙ ANSWER PLACEHOLDER — write this one in Book Maven voice.
⚙ ANSWER PLACEHOLDER — write this one in Book Maven voice.
⚙ ANSWER PLACEHOLDER — write this one in Book Maven voice.
✦ MANTRA
No is the unit. Yes is the side effect. I'm counting nos.
Rejection isn't the opposite of success. It's the toll road. The writers who arrive are the ones who kept the receipts.
— L.A. Walton, The Book Maven