Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 34 minutes ago
RELATED VIDEOS:
→Self Care for Writers: youtube.com/watch?v=1NEgitJrMjg
→Dealing with Writer's Block, Writing Slumps, and Low Motivation: youtube.com/watch?v=ZpEjKfL2mh4
→Managing Feedback on Your Work: youtube.com/watch?v=534qOFK_Jfc&t=0s
→A Guide to Submitting Short Stories to Magazines: youtube.com/watch?v=VYCepQ-7ChQ
→BLM petitions, donations, and resources (updating list): blacklivesmatters.carrd.co / blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co
→Anti-Racism Resource Guide: allyresourceguide.com
→Issues in the World (updating): issuesintheworld.carrd.co
MY SHORT FICTION:
☾I Will Never Tell You This - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this
☾Solarium - Minola Review: minolareview.com/shaelin-bishop
☾Barefoot - The Fiddlehead [print only]: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾Wishbone - PRISM international [print only]: prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/prism-58-3-sprawl-is-live
☾Wishbone - video reading: vimeo.com/420052282
☾Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/cherry-and-jane-in-the-garden-of-eden
☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-till-i-see-the-light
☾Beautiful Animal - Room: roommagazine.com/issues/twine
☾Zugzwang - Plenitude: plenitudemagazine.ca/zugzwang
☾Elise Holding a Deer Mouse, 1829 - CAROUSEL: carouselmagazine.ca/c45-bishop
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Remember that everyone gets rejected
1:31 - Submit work you're proud of
3:01 - Have a post-rejection plan
3:57 - Don't have a single dream magazine/agent/etc
6:36 - Acceptance/rejection isn't a good/bad binary
8:03 - Don't layer extra meaning onto rejection
9:20 - A lot of it is luck
12:11 - Submit to low-stakes opportunities
12:58 - Set a rejection goal
14:14 - Publications don't rank your skill
16:08 - Learn from rejections
16:57 - Don't accept that rejection is meant to hurt
MORE WRITING TIPS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oJsJ6LTZRtYtCHWi-5pjhQJ
WRITING VLOGS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oK35m9jtz_aR2t8Dssl6eqJ
WRITING CHATS & DISCUSSIONS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oLHy-zpu_yk7CfbJvrNc1O7
BOOK REVIEWS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oKlrHVFgs9UZCxJjB0Azqco
Check out more writing and publishing videos from me over @Reedsy!: youtube.com/channel/UCpo0MkTAyEl73PmIVs8CQvQ
OUTRO MUSIC: "l u v t e a [acoustic]" by Autumn Keys
SOCIAL
Tumblr: shaelinwrites.tumblr.com
Ask me anything: shaelinwrites.tumblr.com/ask
Twitter: twitter.com/shaelinbishop
Instagram: instagram.com/shaelinbishop
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/5803057-shaelin-bishop
RELATED VIDEOS:
→Self Care for Writers: youtube.com/watch?v=1NEgitJrMjg
→Dealing with Writer's Block, Writing Slumps, and Low Motivation: youtube.com/watch?v=ZpEjKfL2mh4
→Managing Feedback on Your Work: youtube.com/watch?v=534qOFK_Jfc&t=0s
→A Guide to Submitting Short Stories to Magazines: youtube.com/watch?v=VYCepQ-7ChQ
→BLM petitions, donations, and resources (updating list): blacklivesmatters.carrd.co / blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co
→Anti-Racism Resource Guide: allyresourceguide.com
→Issues in the World (updating): issuesintheworld.carrd.co
MY SHORT FICTION:
☾I Will Never Tell You This - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this
☾Solarium - Minola Review: minolareview.com/shaelin-bishop
☾Barefoot - The Fiddlehead [print only]: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾Wishbone - PRISM international [print only]: prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/prism-58-3-sprawl-is-live
☾Wishbone - video reading: vimeo.com/420052282
☾Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/cherry-and-jane-in-the-garden-of-eden
☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-till-i-see-the-light
☾Beautiful Animal - Room: roommagazine.com/issues/twine
☾Zugzwang - Plenitude: plenitudemagazine.ca/zugzwang
☾Elise Holding a Deer Mouse, 1829 - CAROUSEL: carouselmagazine.ca/c45-bishop
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Remember that everyone gets rejected
1:31 - Submit work you're proud of
3:01 - Have a post-rejection plan
3:57 - Don't have a single dream magazine/agent/etc
6:36 - Acceptance/rejection isn't a good/bad binary
8:03 - Don't layer extra meaning onto rejection
9:20 - A lot of it is luck
12:11 - Submit to low-stakes opportunities
12:58 - Set a rejection goal
14:14 - Publications don't rank your skill
16:08 - Learn from rejections
16:57 - Don't accept that rejection is meant to hurt
MORE WRITING TIPS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oJsJ6LTZRtYtCHWi-5pjhQJ
WRITING VLOGS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oK35m9jtz_aR2t8Dssl6eqJ
WRITING CHATS & DISCUSSIONS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oLHy-zpu_yk7CfbJvrNc1O7
BOOK REVIEWS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oKlrHVFgs9UZCxJjB0Azqco
Check out more writing and publishing videos from me over @Reedsy!: youtube.com/channel/UCpo0MkTAyEl73PmIVs8CQvQ
OUTRO MUSIC: "l u v t e a [acoustic]" by Autumn Keys
SOCIAL
Tumblr: shaelinwrites.tumblr.com
Ask me anything: shaelinwrites.tumblr.com/ask
Twitter: twitter.com/shaelinbishop
Instagram: instagram.com/shaelinbishop
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/5803057-shaelin-bishop
