Reframing Success: Rejoicing in Rejection with Alaina Dean

2025-05-14

Writer Alaina Dean joins Jacinta and Lachlan in "the studio" to talk about her approach to literary rejections. She has been undertaking a years long project to get her writing out to as many publications as possible and, in the meantime, accrue 100 rejections!Somehow Alaina managed to find a secret cheat code that allows her to re-frame what it means to succeed. Listen to find out!

Writer Alaina Dean joins Jacinta and Lachlan in "the studio" to talk about her approach to literary rejections. She has been undertaking a years long project to get her writing out to as many publications as possible and, in the meantime, accrue 100 rejections!
Somehow Alaina managed to find a secret cheat code that allows her to re-frame what it means to succeed. Listen to find out!

Resources:

https://www.instagram.com/alainaddream/?hl=en

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/alaina-is-aiming-for-100-rejections-she-says-we-should-all-embrace-our-failures-20250402-p5logt.html

https://lithub.com/why-you-should-aim-for-100-rejections-a-year/

https://www.clippings.me/users/alainadean

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/21194493.Alaina_Dean

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alaina-dean-93867b196/?originalSubdomain=au

https://www.goodfriendresumes.com.au/about-1

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