You just received your fifth rejections letter for a book you submitted. You’re in good company. A few other writer’s received their fair share of rejection before “doing okay” with the whole writing thing. LitRejections & Online College Writing Rejections Rejected 1st 100 pages – Jaws – His publishers Doubleday reject the first 100 pages. …
Rejection slips getting you down, Bunky? Well, stand back, because a few the best have gotten some of the most. Keep submitting, keep writing. Keep editing and re-writing. Check out http://www.right-writing.com/rejection.html. Letters of Rejection “An endless nightmare. I think the verdict would be ‘Oh don’t read that horrid book.” Publisher rejects The War Of The …
You know what’s worse than being rejected by an agent or publisher? Being the agent or publisher that rejected Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, J.D. Salinger, or Dr. Seuss. These come from a site called LitRejections.com. Have faith, fledgling author, maybe your book is like one of these greats… or not. Sometimes a dog is just …
The recent passing of Leonard Nimoy started me thinking about movie or TV characters that have become iconic, or impactful to the world or society in general. They have changed the way we think about character types. This usually means that they changed our thinking about something or created a vision that was unique. Sometimes it …
This weekend the boys of the Thornhill MC (“Bad to the Bone when our wives let us be”) went on a little road trip on our bikes and had a great time. I want ed to make sure we mentioned The Lodge at Telico. In Telico Plains, TN (which is at the end of the …
Okay, we have given you the basic rules of Texas Hold’em. We have discussed some of the etiquette so you won’t embarrass yourself going to a casino for the first time. It can be intimidating. Now let’s get to the good stuff. How to improve your game. There are 3 Levels of Play when it …
We will continue with some pointers so you don’t embarrass yourself when going to play poker for the first time in a casino. Bet in the proper manner. The Betting Line on the Table – There is sometimes a line that circles the table in front of each player. At some casinos, if you cross …
Before we get into how to better play the game, let’s go over some things so you at least don’t embarrass yourself in a casino or a pretty professionally run home game. There’s no right place to start with this, so I will just do a brain dump and see what pops out. When You …
Texas Hold’em Basic Rules. If you know the basics, skip this page. This article is for the people that know absolutely nothing about the game. I promise to keep it brief. Mike Sexton of the World Poker Tour (WPT) often says, “Texas Hold’em takes only minutes to learn and a lifetime to master.” He’s not …
Talent comes in all shapes and sizes. As part of the nature of this blog, PaulMetheney.com, I get to write whatever I want to write about. That’s the bad news. Without being politically correct. That’s the good news. Well. Good-ish. If you don’t care for 70-80’s music, bizarre music trivia facts or (dare I say …
I’ve had a few friends ask me “how to play poker?” and against my better judgement, I thought I would help out. Rather than give them lessons, I thought it might be better to write it up as blog articles. I also figured it might help me tighten up my game bit. I am by …
What happens when corporate greed becomes more important than customer service? You get a total lack of common sense and employees saying “I vas only following orders.” Holy Nuremberg, Batman! We made reservations online with an airline that almost monopolizes Charlotte’s airways (I will call them U.S.Aryans). The web site screwed up the dates and when …