It's the flip side of wanting publication, of course: rejection. I got yet another rejection letter yesterday. *sigh* (no, I'm not saying from where. That's not what's important)
What matters is how one handles it. It's far too easy to think that rejection of a story means you can't write, that the story is awful, that you just shouldn't be allowed out in public. That it's time to quit. But that's not true. It doesn't even mean the story is bad. It means that it wasn't right for that place at that time.
Doesn't mean I didn't spend last night thinking nasty things about the person that rejected me. It still hurts. But it does mean that the important thing is to move forwards and find a way to do better the next time. Every successful author has a pile of rejection letters somewhere.
It never stops hurting. But it has to also motivate me to write more, better, and try to sell more. Or I'll fall apart.
2 comments:
Well, I still think they suck and should publish you. So there.
And I second Dalandra's comment. and third it for good measure!
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