Sometimes I hate living in Los Angeles. It’s crowded. It’s miserably hot a lot of the time. There are too many cars. But sometimes I can’t help but get caught up in loving this place.
Like this morning. My friend and business partner Paulette Perhach was in town working on a book project with a client, so we snuck out for an early breakfast at a cute little cafe on Sunset Blvd called The Butcher, The Baker, The Cappuccino Maker. It was a perfect 75 degrees out. I found parking easily. I got ordered myself the BEST egg sandwich and really enjoyed being part of the scene for a little while.
If you don’t know Paulette, and you’re a writer, you need to head on over to her Instagram account and follow her because this woman keeps it real. Back in 2020 we met at AWP and decided to co-create A Very Important Meeting. For a while now she’s been doing the digital nomad thing, traveling all over the country, house sitting, writing, touring AWP ’22.
One of the things I LOVE about Paulette is that she shares all of her rejections on Instagram. I mean, a lot of writers TALK about how rejections are a part of the writing life, but when you see how many rejections a professional working writer gets you really start to understand. Rejections are a part of writing.
I always tell my students: If you’re not getting rejected, you’re not putting yourself out there enough.
So submit your work, get rejected, and whenever you can, take a writer friend to brunch at an adorable little cafe.
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