Reframing Success: Rejoicing in Rejection with Alaina Dean

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