Write of Passage

[bloodyrosemccoy]

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 the Captain Crazypants L Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future people counts, because it wasn’t quite a rejection. This certainly was.

Comments

[childthursday.livejournal.com]

I was delighted the first time I got a rejection! I think it's still framed, but in a box in my parent's basement. I haven't had an acceptance yet, but that's since I kind of stopped writing.