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21Aug 2021

My Glow Girl Softens the Rejections

By 21 Aug 2021 0 Blog, Writing Blog, writing community Permalink 0

Magazine rejections anyone?

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20Feb 2021

Searching for a Literary Agent

By 20 Feb 2021 0 Blog Blog, memoir, publishing, writing, writing community Permalink 0

I am making progress! I've gotten a few more short stories published and an agent requested my full manuscript! I believe in my book because it shines a light on the challenges parents of children with disabilities face. The next step in my process is seeking a literary agent to represent my book ...

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11Jun 2020

Why Don’t I Celebrate This?

By 11 Jun 2020 0 Blog Blog, memoir ', publishing, writing community Permalink 0

I recently submitted a short story I wrote. I'm rather new at this, so I sent it out to twenty-four magazines, believing my little story would be published in a widely circulated magazine. For two or three months, I waited hoping for that magical moment when I read "Congratulations," but the only thing I received ...

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14Feb 2019

Baby Give It Up

By 14 Feb 2019 0 Blog Blog, disabilities, memoir, parenting, publishing Permalink 0

Caution, this post is meant to be therapeutic for me. Yesterday and today are one of those days lots of us have, where you feel like whatever you do isn't right. And since I am blogging about writing, I feel like nothing I've written is any good and I should just 'give it up. Again, ...

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16Jan 2019

Victory!

By 16 Jan 2019 0 Blog, Disabliities, Writing Blog, memoir, publishing, writing, writing community Permalink 0

In late October, or early November, after I came back from the Florida Writers Conference, I decided to use Submittable to send out a couple of my chapters as short stories. A couple of the entries were free, a few of them cost under $5. Altogether, I sent out twelve entries. People in my writing ...

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12Dec 2018

Pause, then rewind

By 12 Dec 2018 0 Blog Blog, publishing, writing, writing community Permalink 0

I am a work in progress Hey everyone. Perhaps some of you wondered why I haven't posted anything in nearly a month. I haven't forgottenĀ  - life just got in the way. Oh and IĀ  joined a couple of online writing groups and next thing you know, there were more interruptions than I knew what to ...

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31Oct 2018

Thank you but no thanks…….

By 31 Oct 2018 0 Blog Blog, memoir, publishing, writing, writing community Permalink 0

I got another rejection letter today, this one from Woodbine House, a publisher devoted to stories about special needs. Back in August, after learning they were accepting submissions, I sent a book proposal and several chapters. I expected to hear from them any day. What I didn't expect was the editor actually wrote a letter ...

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25Oct 2018

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO and NO!

By 25 Oct 2018 0 Blog Blog, publishing, rejections, writing, writing community Permalink 0

So I received another rejection email. What was wrong with my story written specifically for a magazine addressing disabilites? It was about Jessica's sensory deprivation disorder! Come on now!

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About Cathy Shields

Catherine (Cathy) Shields writes about parenting, disabilities, and self-discovery. She is a retired educator with an M.S. Ed in Exceptional Education. Her experience includes networking and dealing with children and families of persons with disabilities. Cathy and her husband reside in Miami, Florida, where they raised three grown daughters. They kayak, ride bikes, hike in the Everglades, and visit the two grandchildren who live nearby.

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