Robinne Weiss
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- May 19, 2015
Must be "be nice to writer's day"
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Ah well. Only 21.75 years of submissions left to go!
I was trying to find the particular thread where it was discussed — someone link it if you find it, but that one guy tried to publish his book for 22 years, before anyone accepted it, and it went on to be a bestseller. In there with the travails of famous authors and their many rejections.OK, I have to know what that is about.
John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of DuncesThere was the guy that committed suicide when he couldn't get published, and his mother sent it out for another 8 years, after which it was published, sold millions of copies, and won the Pulitzer Prize, but he didn't live to see it.
I don't think they would say that your story is strong in a form e-mail reply — they wouldn't risk their reputation in the form reply going out to a horrible submission, and publicly reflecting poorly on their taste. I would take it as legitimate encouragement!Bittersweet rejection this morning: I can't tell if the letter was personalized or a form letter, but it did say that my story was strong, it just wasn't a good fit for her. So I'm taking that as a much-needed "keep at it"
I don't think they would say that your story is strong in a form e-mail reply — they wouldn't risk their reputation in the form reply going out to a horrible submission, and publicly reflecting poorly on their taste. I would take it as legitimate encouragement!
Sold! Next item up for bid is this lovely antique silver soup tureen. What am I bid? Don't be shy.Then woo hoo! I'll take it!
Those ones sting no matter what. You pull yourself together, but you allow yourself a few extra minutes of "now what."*sigh* Another rejection, this one from one of my dream agents. She was super nice about it and told me that her client list is really full right now so I should spread my query around. She ended with don't think of it as a rejection, think of it as a redirection to another agent. Which I appreciate. Still a bummer.
Good job! Keep that chin tucked in. You'll do just fine.Got my first rejection! Didn't hit me as badly as I thought it would. Standard stuff that I assume a reader sent rather than the actual agent it was addressed to. Though I am refreshing throughout the day
Sorry to hear that! Keep submitting, though. You've already had interest in it, so it won't be long before someone picks up your query/synopsis and says "hey. This is some pretty cool stuff!"Got another rejection! That moment between clicking and reading response can rip through time-space continuum if harnessed
Sorry to hear that! Keep submitting, though. You've already had interest in it, so it won't be long before someone picks up your query/synopsis and says "hey. This is some pretty cool stuff!"
As did I, in just 1 week from A M Heath :-(
One more for me. I can't tell if this is personalized or not. Kind of hoping not.
Thanks so much for sending along the sample pages of Deception. I’m sorry to say, though, that I just wasn’t as completely drawn in by the material as much as I had hoped. What with my reservations, I’d better bow out.
Thanks so much for contacting me, though! I really appreciate it, and wish you the best of luck.