“No” Isn’t the End: Building Creative Resilience After Rejection

18/11/2025 31 min Temporada 1 Episodio 24
“No” Isn’t the End: Building Creative Resilience After Rejection

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode Brenda Murphy—your NeuroSpicy writing coach—walks through how to handle manuscript rejection, especially for neurodivergent creators with rejection sensitivity. She explains why publishing decisions are business choices, how to learn from feedback, and why self-publishing is a powerful option.
Brenda offers concrete coping strategies: feel your feelings, limit reaction time, never rant publicly, celebrate submissions, always start a new project while waiting, and keep your creative identity intact. The episode emphasizes persistence, professional growth, and treating rejection as part of the creative journey.
Show notes
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Here are the episodes I mentioned in the podcast:
How to deal with RSD and working with other folks : https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-rdnsu-16ebfdf
Imposter Syndrome and Writers Block episode: https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-24yrx-1625b05
Book Recs
We Need Your Art by Aime McNee
The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharpe
The Artist’s Way by Juila Cameron
Sign up for my writer’s newletter and get a free writers workbook here: https://brendalmurphy.com/resources-for-writers/