I don’t care what people say or how brave a face they put on
it, receiving a rejection is akin to a full body flay of tiny nicks from an
exploding paper mill. Paper cuts hurt,
so do rejections and all the sage advice in the world—don’t give up, sub to
another house, start a new ms, take solace from the many thousands who have
suffered likewise—isn’t worth a damn whilst the cut is still smarting.
I know, I received one and I very much pretended to be
brave, whilst privately wishing I’d booked a bed at the local A&E
department. God, did it hurt—for days!
Only thing that made me feel better was receiving a request
for a full at the end of the same week…so maybe the sage advice isn’t totally
wasted, sub far and wide, because publishing is subjective, and if the force be with you—luck by any other
name—you will get a break…eventually.
My moment of
sagacity:
Rejection = pain
Pain = Heart (you need a heart because without one, you’re a
sociopath)
Painkillers (balls + bloody mindedness)
= Relief (maybe)
Relief = Bad Hangover!
Bad Hangover = Hair of the Dog (get back to writing)
"Pain = Heart (you need a heart because without one, you’re a sociopath)"
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this. I'm sorry you were rejected (i've had plenty of them) but YEAY For a request for a full. That's brilliant - and deserved!
Didn't realise you had a blog -now following :-)
Meg - you are a very nice lady!
DeleteIncy
ReplyDeleteRejections may be rungs on the ladder to publication, they may be good for the soul (though personally I doubt this!!), they may be proof you tried, they may bring out you out in stiff upper lip syndrome but they are also the thesaurus of HURT.
So HUGS.
But requests for fulls are absolutely wondrously amazing so congratulations - was it the same m/s that got the R?
Lots of luck with it.
Nina xx
Yes - it didn't 'fit'. Was encouraged by the invite to sub further mss in the future and also to sub this one to other Houses because publishing is 'subjective', though.
DeleteSo onwards and upwards and truly appreciate your empathetic words - Thank you. One day.....