Discouragement, Nice Rejections, and Persistence

Sometimes reading an old blog post accidentally can be really enlightening. I posted about "nice rejections and the MFA blues" a few years ago, back in 2007.

http://myblog.webbish6.com/2007/02/does-anyone-write-nicer-rejection-slips.html

What's especially interesting is that the comments were so supportive, mostly from people I'd never met (though I would meet some along the course of life as a writer.) David Barber has since continued to write me very nice rejection slips over the years. I alm...