Write of Passage
Jun. 8th, 2009 11:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodyrosemccoyOh, 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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Date: 2009-06-08 07:00 pm (UTC)I totally count WotF "you almost won!" as rejection letters. The sort that says "we liked it but we can't fit it in our current lineup, plz send us more!"