Wouldn’t it be nice if submissions had tracking numbers? Could you imagine how much fun it would be for the stalker in all of us to find a nice little eighteen digit number with every “Your submission has been received” email? Then instead of checking our inboxes, voicemail, and spam folder—’cause, hey, you never know …
Tag Archive: rejection
Jun
15
2011
Aug
13
2010
Thick Skin
A writer has to have thick skin to make it in this business. It hurts to get critiques. It hurts to get rejections. It hurts to wonder if you’re good enough. If you want to be a writer, you walk away when it gets tough. You get a critique and you take it to heart …
Aug
05
2010
Moving On…
…or forward, but never backward. I’ve sent my query out to three new agents. Three seems like a reasonable and manageable number to me. So, it’s out in the world again and now it’s time for me to sit tight, cross my fingers and toes, say a little pray. Hopefully I’ll hear positive responses soon, …
Jul
26
2010
Agent Feedback!
Finally! It actually hasn’t been that long, it only feels like forever to me. I heard back from the one agent that had my full ms today. Overall, I think the feedback was of a positive note. They didn’t say that it sucked or that I should find a day job, so that’s positive, right? …
Jun
25
2010
The Waiting Game and Moving Forward
Tick, tock. Check my inbox. Nope, nada… Tick, tock. Check my inbox. Nope, nothing… Twiddle my fingers, twirl my hair, check my inbox. Nothing. Dammit! Wait is hard. It sucks. I’m not good at waiting. I never have been honestly. I’m one of those people that decides something, then I want it to be. I …
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