The Non-Firecracker Fireworks (Article) - 6/30/2015 6:25:29 AM
It's funny, I'm sure it must have rained on the Fourth at times when I grew up, but don't remember that! I would have watched any neighborhood fireworks from the front porch in that case, if anyone was out in the rain setting them off.
The Non-Firecracker Fireworks (Article) - 6/30/2015 6:13:12 AM
When I was very young we lived in a small town, too. But I remember that my uncle whose family owned a general or hardware store, I had fireworks. While I don't remember much of those displays on the farm, I do remember one time when it rained, we had to sit in the car and watch through rain streaked windshield. It was memorable for the rain, but not very exciting.
Ron
Rejection--The Good, The Bad, and the Weird (Article) - 11/10/2005 8:36:07 AM
Good article, Ann. Rejection is a fact of life in every author's career. Both J.R. Rowling and Tom Clancy were rejected by just about every publisher out there--before finding someone to take Harry Potter and the Search for Red October, respectively. As a publisher, I hate sending rejections, but I always try to point out at least one area where I felt the rejected manuscript could be improved. After all, getting better submissions helps us publishers as much as it does we authors.
--Rob Preece
Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com
