It's a Writer Thing #13: Do not fear rejection

Hello, wonderful writers! Welcome back to my blog series, I t ’s a Writer Thing. Today I want to spend some time talking about the dreaded r-word, rejection.
 
some of you may know that back in May I signed with my agent ( which you can read about here ), and just about a month ago, we received our first offer for the publication of my debut novel (which you can read about here).
 
In the midst of all this, I wrote my 9th short (a silly, horror story), for an anthology. Long story short (no pun...