B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-blocked! A Blogpost of Rejection!
One week and one day ago I received a mysterious letter on my place mat at the kitchen table. It was addressed to me, written in an unfamiliar (stupid me) handwriting, and not marked with a return stamp.
Who could it be?
None other than DAW replying to my manuscript submission and, in case you missed the title of the blog, they aren't interested.
(For anyone who is wondering WHAT the letter says exactly. It just remarks that they don't feel that the submission would be commercially successful at the current time.)
Am I hurt?
No.
Did I weep and rend my garments?
Nope.
Did I try to demolish Tokyo?
Hardly, I'm way too short for that.
What I did do was have the letter laminated so that I can keep it on the wall near my laptop and gaze upon it with... Shock and DAW. (I went there.)
Some of my close friends and family can't fathom why this has got me down, and I simply explain:
A: I already knew I would get bounced. B: I often need something to knock me downs so I can get back up again. C: A few of DAW's more successful people were rejected first.
So I'm really not worried about it. I still have to correct PANCAKES in Dragonsbane, but then I'll pester more people.
To that end, the scripting notes for Dragonsbane Pt2 are... half completed? I hesitate to give any definite estimation on progress. My only hard fact is I have 31 chapters noted down and several more events to work through. I might work out the notes on that, then leave it until I get a certain future of Dragonsbane Pt1.
I've begun notes for WORKING TITLE: Twilight, in Mourning, Storyteller War Pt3. I have a great many ideas for this to used from the scrapped ADAM and some original stuff. That isn't going nearly as smoothly as hoped, but its getting there.
On another note, I did have a new idea for a thriller/suspense/whatever novel. I won't give much in the way of details just yet, but it did get a green light from my harshest critic!
Who could it be?
None other than DAW replying to my manuscript submission and, in case you missed the title of the blog, they aren't interested.
(For anyone who is wondering WHAT the letter says exactly. It just remarks that they don't feel that the submission would be commercially successful at the current time.)
Am I hurt?
No.
Did I weep and rend my garments?
Nope.
Did I try to demolish Tokyo?
Hardly, I'm way too short for that.
What I did do was have the letter laminated so that I can keep it on the wall near my laptop and gaze upon it with... Shock and DAW. (I went there.)
Some of my close friends and family can't fathom why this has got me down, and I simply explain:
A: I already knew I would get bounced. B: I often need something to knock me downs so I can get back up again. C: A few of DAW's more successful people were rejected first.
So I'm really not worried about it. I still have to correct PANCAKES in Dragonsbane, but then I'll pester more people.
To that end, the scripting notes for Dragonsbane Pt2 are... half completed? I hesitate to give any definite estimation on progress. My only hard fact is I have 31 chapters noted down and several more events to work through. I might work out the notes on that, then leave it until I get a certain future of Dragonsbane Pt1.
I've begun notes for WORKING TITLE: Twilight, in Mourning, Storyteller War Pt3. I have a great many ideas for this to used from the scrapped ADAM and some original stuff. That isn't going nearly as smoothly as hoped, but its getting there.
On another note, I did have a new idea for a thriller/suspense/whatever novel. I won't give much in the way of details just yet, but it did get a green light from my harshest critic!
Published on February 12, 2017 17:31
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