Sit still avec rejection
Dearest all,
Of course it’s midnight, apparently that’s when I function like a normal person. Not. So I disrupt your sleep for a bit of read…
I was years ago rejected by the top, the Top literacy agency in New York.My assistant mailed the letter out, I used fed ex, though they said no fancy papers, no fast delivery, no fancy nancy business. I thought gee, blah blah blah.I am Rianna Shaikh et I am doing everything they tell me not too. It’s just me, at times I retaliate on all the rules. I do. Mini confession.
Hence, I sent out my little letter, to the agent I thought I had a chance with. My gosh, he was kind, my golly, my rejection came in 3 days after. I was thinking, “wtf.”
Incase you are wondering I meant what it sounded like. I was laughing, because I was shocked that he responded so quickly et politely. But then I moved away, and I misplaced his rejection, I swear to you, I would of put it into a book. And years later, he’d feel like Shrek’s donkey.
His name was donkey. Shriek’s donkey. But I must confess, I was on book 4.then.
Sorry but if you are out there holding a manuscript at number 1, with your fingers crossed, please don’t. Et second to that, writers are poor creatures. Truth be told. Truth be heard. Just simply quit sending those letters et beating up your work. I get this a lot from writers. It’s actually worse that Med students that become doctors for notoriety.
Like go get a 9-5 et read some help books et then buy that Maserati. But don’t become a doctor to be rich.First step, respect humanity. Gee. This annoys me so much.
As a writer that wants no publicity, me, I tell you,
at book 26, I swear I have got a disorder. Because no one in there right senses does this shit. Pardon my French. But it’s the truth. If you are writing, write. If you are on the market to be picked up by an agent, do so. But dont self torture. Please don’t.
It’s bad enough no one likes your bloddy book.
It is. But it’s yours, believe in it. Et to the most of you thats looking at J K Rowling, well sorry to tell you, we are never going to be her. Your story should not suddenly have witches et brooms, be yourself.
For once. For twice. Just be you.
I think if you persist like Elon Musk, well he’s been poor, he lived with his friends, everyone told him he was merde. If you have that sort of determination, you can achieve. But be sensible in your approach et perspective in your persistence.
Be realistic also. Success is defined daily. Not by your assets et worths. There are a lot of people in the world without a real personality but with millions at hand.
My greatest teacher would say to me, “the empty vessels.”
Don’t be that. Just don’t. Don’t do it. You are young et free et hopefully not wild, that you sell everything et travel the world. That to me is a little. A tad. A bloddy much.
Hey who am I to judge, I live in the glass house. And I live strictly by routines. I know nothing what it’s like to be so free. But i sleep very late. As of now, if anyone wakes me up early it’s over
I hope I wasn’t to upfront, I do get a lot of emails et this had to be addressed.
Rejection is the greatest part of existence. Accept it for the lesson it is. Et write letters to the agency from the core of who you are. Not from some stupid checklist, I swear when I meet the ceo of Simon, I’ll give my mind to him.
Mostly I’ll tell him, I’ll say,
“Sir with all due respect, it’s fair to say that your agents, are highly drunken by le pin let’s fire them up. Over et out scottty.”
I would, et I’ll be all dressed up like my daddy own brooks brothers. Well I’m genious, you know it
On behalf of the rabbits, thank you for your questions.
We j’adore toi.
Your unusual writer,
RS