I submitted my first manuscript, and I cannot wait to receive my rejection letter.
You heard me correctly. I am more excited to behold the words "Thank you for your submission, but..." than I am to have successfully submitted a manuscript, my first manuscript.
I met one man, Steve Oberlan, at an Independent Literature Festival in Frostburg, MD, and he said that every time he got a rejection letter regarding a submission, he would hang it up on his bathroom wall. He had so many, that he needed to find a new place to hang his letters within the next year.
Here's what a rejection means: You were brave enough to submit, your work was read, and you are trying. It's all perspective.
I know one thing and one thing only about trying to get published: It is hard. There are thousands upon thousands of gifted writers out there, all submitting to the same publication houses and journals you are. Some are more experienced writers, and some are less experienced. Every enters on the same playing field, though, and sometimes you just have to get lucky.
I can assure you this: When I receive that first rejection, I'm getting it framed and popping open a bottle of champagne.
I know one thing and one thing only about trying to get published: It is hard. There are thousands upon thousands of gifted writers out there, all submitting to the same publication houses and journals you are. Some are more experienced writers, and some are less experienced. Every enters on the same playing field, though, and sometimes you just have to get lucky.
I can assure you this: When I receive that first rejection, I'm getting it framed and popping open a bottle of champagne.
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