Remember rejection letters?

Rejection letters? There's a blast from the past...

I remember throughout my adult life how much I wanted to be an author. I used to read Writer's Digest and many, many more magazines about how to publish.

I remember all of those articles about how to get a manuscript to a publisher, how to avoid rejection letters, and which books to buy or agents to hire to get my book published.

Now, many years later, things have changed so much.

I haven't seen an articles about rejections letters in many years. I don't even see many publishing magazines anymore; everything has changed so much in the publishing world.

I recently started dusting off some old book manuscripts and will be looking forward to publishing. I'm not going to worry about rejection letters or big publishing houses.

I've already published so many books on my own, and it's even getting easier; self publishing has come a very long way. Now with Amazon.com and Kindle Direct Publishing, it's so easy to publish and sell your books.

I'm currently working on writing training segments and have a series of publishing in mind for the senior citizen author. However, I think one of my books I'm going to dust off is a book about leading volunteer projects.

What are you working on. Any old manuscripts languishing in your attic or on old thumb drives? Let's dust them off and get them published.

Jeffrey W. Bennett, ISP is the owner of Red Bike Publishing. Jeff is an accomplished writer of non-fiction books, novels and periodicals. He also owns Red bike Publishing. Published books include: "Get Rich in a Niche-Insider's Guide to Self Publishing in a Specialized Industry" and "Commitment-A Novel". Jeff is an expert in security and has written many security books including: "Insider's Guide to Security Clearances" and "DoD Security Clearances and Contracts Guidebook".

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