Stephen Wade

Rejected Stephen Wade

A good writer is a good reader. But of all the things a writer reads, nothing is more moving, more soul-wrenching than a slip of paper (or an email) reading "Rejected!" It's a life-changing thing. Stephen Wade's life has thus been changed many times. If you're a writer you know what the experience is like. Out of a spirit of melancholy collegiality, Stephen Wade offers some hard-won advice - if not also consolation - for writers facing the opposite of acceptance: Rejection.