[stylist] FW: A Message From This I Believe

[Donna Hill]

Hi Fred,
Thank you for sharing your essay.  I like it a lot.  It's concise, 
powerful and to the point.  Better yet, it's energizing and empowering.  
Also, there is a lesson in their letter  for all of us.  Nowadays, a 
rejection isn't quite what it used to be.  Rejections rarely come with 
the news that your rejected article has already been posted on a major 
web site.  Find your essay on NPR and get the exact URL to use in your 
resume or bio.  You might even write a press release for your local 
paper ... Local blind writer's essay chosen for national web site.  The 
press release could include your affiliation with the NFB and a 
statement on the NFB's efforts to promote Braille literacy -- pointing 
out that only ten percent of blind kids are taught to read Braille.  
Offer them a JPEG photo of yourself ... perhaps reading Braille.  If 
you're not in a huge market where papers don't accept e mails with 
attachments, you can just attach it to the e mail.  Then, if they print 
it, you'll have something else for your resume/press kit.
Donna Hill

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Fred Wurtzel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Well, here is my answer on my submission to This I Believe.  I have attached
> my essay for your comments.  Rejections are a writers dues for success.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
>
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: admin at thisibelieve.org [mailto:admin at thisibelieve.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 3:28 PM
> To: f.wurtzel at comcast.net
> Subject: A Message From This I Believe
>
>
> Dear Frederick Wurtzel:
>
> Thank you for submitting an essay to This I Believe. Your essay has now
> completed our review process. Though your essay was not chosen for broadcast
> on NPR, the larger goal of our project is to open a community conversation
> about belief--one essay at a time. To that end, we have placed your essay in
> the This I Believe online database. 
>
> If you go to our website at www.thisibelieve.org, then click on "Advanced
> Essay Search," fill in only your last name in the "Last Name" field. You can
> also find your essay by searching all essays from your city or state. You
> will notice that only your first name will be seen on the web page with your
> essay. We do not publish last names or other personal information on our
> website.
>
> Please don't consider this in any way a "rejection."  Our criteria for
> broadcast consider many factors beyond subjective notions of quality. We air
> only a fraction of one percent of those submitted, and we must balance our
> few selections across themes, perspectives, diversity of sources, and so on.
>
> Though your essay has not been selected for NPR, we are working to find
> other venues to publish some of the many thousands of essays we have
> received, including newspapers, podcasts, and local public radio stations.
> Should we find a venue to print or broadcast your essay, one of our staff
> will be in touch with you.
>
> We are honored by your having shared your most closely held convictions with
> us. Thank you, sincerely, for participating in our project.
>
> -- The staff of This I Believe
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