My First Rejection Letter

[aamcnamara]

I am unreasonably proud of it, maybe because it means that I actually got up the courage/fortitude/momentum to send the darn thing out.

I plan to hang it on my wall. Hopefully it will not spend very much time there alone.

... of course, some acceptances would be nice, too, but I don't have much control over that end of it. All I can do is keep sending things out--which I will.

On the rewriting front, I have some notion of how to revise one of the other stories I wrote at Odyssey. On the writing front, I've gotten a few ideas, but they are clearly all cliched and terrible.

Comments

[kristajhl.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Send another one out!

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm working on it!

[aliseadae]

yay!

You know what I think you should send. Anyways.

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes I do.

[justinhowe.livejournal.com]

Good for you! Keep sending stuff out.

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I definitely will keep sending.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Good for you for getting your feet wet and getting past that. The first acceptance will just be the sweeter!

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

I hope so!

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

Nothing unreasonable about being proud of the first rejection. It means you got something out there, so woo hoo!

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

Exactly. And I intend to keep sending things out there.

[hildebabble.livejournal.com]

That's just one less market you have to worry about before your story finds the home it's meant for.

Send it back out! Go go go!

[aamcnamara.livejournal.com]

It's already out again. I figure, the less time it spends sitting on my desk, the less time I have to remember how bad it is and how no one in their right mind would ever accept it.

[kannibal-kat.livejournal.com]

OMG, I love that avatar!

[kannibal-kat.livejournal.com]

'Tis a badge of honor! Congratulations on sending a story out!