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I'm going to talk about my experiences with the publishing process (yes, that's plural! I have a sample set larger than N=1). For me, this has been predominantly SF/F, but this should generalize to most prose and even some poetry. For starters, I think that most of us should go through this process at least once. Whether you're looking to self-publish, get into novels, indie or Big 5, start your own zine...you have to have some understanding of the current industry and terminology. Between writing Twitter and the random blogs that come up on Google, if you don't have an existing starting point, you're going to end up with like 50 different ideas on how the process works. Why not try a more hands-on approach instead? Anyway, getting from a story on your computer to in a print (or online!) magazine is a process. There's a lot of magazines out there, and there isn't a one-size-fits-all approach, but here's how I do it. It's worked so far. 1. Write something. Duh? Well, not exactly. I

Hey so I made this and while it does cover 90% of what I have to say, I figured a deep dive into rejection would be useful, cause honestly it's gonna happen, and it can be jarring and/or discouraging if you don't know what to expect and/or how to deal with it! Note this is for short fiction/poetry, when it comes to querying an agent or query-accepting publisher for novel-length work...hahaha we can commiserate in the comments I am sad and lonely and my only friend is this form rejection I, personally, am kind of an egomaniac, and I've got a not-exactly-bad track record further bolstering my ego. Despite my natural ebullience, and even on the ones I know are a long shot, I get this little annoying jolt when I see a rejection pop up in my inbox. So like - that's just a thing. There's gonna be some kind of reaction. If you need to take a day away from writing or whatever to deal with it, do so. (Fun fact, my brain automatically concocts a scenario wherein they realize they've made a