Getting Published - Bret Lott

We write to express in words what we feel so deeply and want to share. But are we willing to face what is required to find a home for our work? Are we willing to get rejected? Bret Lott shares a quote from a rejection letter he received, just one of the 629 rejections he has accumulated over a long writing life.Bret Lott is the bestselling author of fifteen books, including the novels ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ancient Highway⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Hunt Club⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Song I Knew by Heart⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jewel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (an Oprah’s Book Club selection). Formerly editor of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Southern Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Lott was appointed to the National Council on the Arts in 2006. He taught creative writing for nearly forty years at the College of Charleston. He and his wife, Melanie, live in the country outside Charleston, South Carolina.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠On Good Writing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a Cy.press Studios production. Cy.press Studios is a project of the Cypress Writers’ Workshop, a creative writing program supporting writers who seek to master their craft and cultivate the unity between art and reverence. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠cy.press⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.The music in this episode is " Never Stop" by Tyler Brown Williams / Musicbed.com.