Paper rejections can be deeply unsettling, especially for junior academics. Healing the wounds of a rejection takes time. It involves going through several phases, including acknowledging the upsetting and frustrating dimensions of a paper rejection early on.

Writing is a solitary act, but it doesn’t have to be done in solitude and isolation. A Zoom writing community (a.k.a. writing circle, writing group) is a space for writers to come together and write synchronously; it provides companionship and support, intellectual and emotional.