Dear Writer: Stories That Just Weren't a Good Fit at the Time

by Jason Gong (Editor), Alan Good (Editor)

While they range widely in genre, the stories in this collection all have one thing in common: they were all rejected at least ten times before being accepted for publication in this book. Rejection is part of the writing process, and Dear Writer is a clear reminder that good writing gets rejected all the time.Edited by Jason Gong and Alan Good, Dear Writer includes fiction from Sarah Yasin, Yousef Allouzi, Lituo Huang, Karen Thrower, Anna O'Brien, Sarah Evans, Jessica Porter, Ellen Ricks, Emad El-Din Aysha, and Rosaleen Bertolino.Cover design by Stuart Book.

214 pages, Paperback

Published October 31, 2019

Reviews

[Nina Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this eclectic mix of short stories. I like the opportunity to read genres I might usually gloss over. The concept that these all were rejected 10 times just proves that art is subjective and writers need to tell there stories as there will always be an audience to enjoy them. I was especially effected by Jennifer Porter's "Rabbit Dreams" and Ellen Rick's "So Amazingly Happy".

[Alan ten-Hoeve · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. I can't believe some of these stories were rejected at all.