By Kristen Hogrefe Parnell @khogrefeparnell
The email finally came with the editor’s response to your proposal, and the answer was no. The finalists were announced, and your name wasn’t included.
No matter how long we’ve been writing, none of us is immune to disappointment. Sometimes, it feels as if our hard work gets swept under the rug, and someone stamps “start over” on our foreheads. We feel as if our good still isn’t good enough.
