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bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2009-06-08 11:07 am
bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2009-06-08 11:07 am
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Write of Passage
Oh, I forgot to mention! Dudes! I got my first rejection letter last week!* Two-sentence form letter with a stamped signature and everything. Not even a hastily scribbled “Keep Trying!” on it.
A true rite of passage this is. Keep hitting milestones like this, and I will be a Famous Author in no time.
Meanwhile, off to find another magazine that’ll publish my story. And give Captain Crazypants another shot, of course.
(No, I am not actually discouraged—this is supposed to happen, I understand. And the story’s actually darn good. It just wasn’t that editor’s favorite.)
*I’m not entirely sure if the “Congratulations, you almost won” letter from theCaptain Crazypants L Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future people counts, because it wasn’t quite a rejection. This certainly was.
A true rite of passage this is. Keep hitting milestones like this, and I will be a Famous Author in no time.
Meanwhile, off to find another magazine that’ll publish my story. And give Captain Crazypants another shot, of course.
(No, I am not actually discouraged—this is supposed to happen, I understand. And the story’s actually darn good. It just wasn’t that editor’s favorite.)
*I’m not entirely sure if the “Congratulations, you almost won” letter from the
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