Nathan Bransford - The Forums

I very much appreciate your thoughtful replies. Here's the thing though. One of the readers for my story is a professional editor. Another is a published writer. I think that, sometimes, one just misses the obvious,which does not become obvious until the umpteenth read. Then of course the reaction i...

I just received a rejection notice for one of my short stories. The prestigious literary review had held on to the story for so long that I began to hope they were accepting it. Alas, no. So I reread the story. It was an OMG moment. What had I been thinking when I sent in the story? There was so muc...