Thanks for sharing your personal roots of rejection. While I tell myself and believe that my self worth remains sturdy with or without writing acclaim, so much of my identity is intertwined with being expressive and wanting to entertain the world with my voice. So I think I can understand both the sense of "I will tend to this and reflect and keep going" as well as "This hurts so much and why can pouring myself into something feel so devastating?"
Thanks for being so open with your pain, and your resilience in finding a way forward. Resilience is one of those things that might not seem like a glamorous attribute, but can literally be a lifesaver when the chips are down. I applaud you, and your above-averageness!❤️
Thank you for the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize, I think it is a wonderful way for us to shake hands and open what good be important diplomatic doors when it comes to documenting much needed sensitive information. Right now my book "The Final Fence: Sophomores In The Saddle" is housed at Austin Macauley, UK, LTD which means the interpretive published account along with the cover has a spot at Waterstones Bookstore. What does that mean? My structured thoughts about confronting adversity beyond my control are respectively presented inside a London business establishment. Forgive me but my hope for throwing creative writing chips into a contest is to build relationship that could lead to other data about how I survived the 1965 German Measles/Rubella invasion and the influence to the communication boom that has gone from one sided to television dialogue to the internet even the conversation playing field. Once again thank you.
Thanks for sharing your personal roots of rejection. While I tell myself and believe that my self worth remains sturdy with or without writing acclaim, so much of my identity is intertwined with being expressive and wanting to entertain the world with my voice. So I think I can understand both the sense of "I will tend to this and reflect and keep going" as well as "This hurts so much and why can pouring myself into something feel so devastating?"
Thanks for being so open with your pain, and your resilience in finding a way forward. Resilience is one of those things that might not seem like a glamorous attribute, but can literally be a lifesaver when the chips are down. I applaud you, and your above-averageness!❤️
Dear Substack friend from Oxford:
Thank you for the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize, I think it is a wonderful way for us to shake hands and open what good be important diplomatic doors when it comes to documenting much needed sensitive information. Right now my book "The Final Fence: Sophomores In The Saddle" is housed at Austin Macauley, UK, LTD which means the interpretive published account along with the cover has a spot at Waterstones Bookstore. What does that mean? My structured thoughts about confronting adversity beyond my control are respectively presented inside a London business establishment. Forgive me but my hope for throwing creative writing chips into a contest is to build relationship that could lead to other data about how I survived the 1965 German Measles/Rubella invasion and the influence to the communication boom that has gone from one sided to television dialogue to the internet even the conversation playing field. Once again thank you.
Marc O'Brien email marcobrien30@aol.com