Workshop: How to Turn Rejections into Opportunities

Note: Event date and time subject to change

You’ve finished your manuscript and had it critiqued and beta-read. You revised and edited and made it the best it could be. You researched agents and editors and crafted the perfect query letter. Holding your breath, you press the “Send” button. Then the rejections start coming in. That feeling of exhilaration of submitting your work has turned into mountains of disappointment. This workshop will guide you through the discouragement that comes from rejections, and how to turn those moments into opportunities you never anticipated. Learn what to expect after you hit the “Send” button and how to turn lemons into lemonade.

Biography:

Kathie McMahon is the author of the humorous, award-winning chapter book series, Mortimer and Me, about eight-year-old Jimmy and a moose named Mortimer. Kathie taught elementary school for 32 years, where she composed several school musicals. She also collaborated on many youth theater musicals, receiving four ariZoni awards for Original Music Composition. She is a member of SCBWI and hosts the East Valley KidLit Mingles. Kathie lives in Gilbert, Arizona, where you won’t find any moose, but plenty of snakes, gila monsters, and mountain lions. For the latest news involving the adventures with Jimmy and Mortimer, visit www.kathiemcmahon.com.