Rejected!

Yes, even published authors get rejections.  All the time.  You don't always hear about it, because who wants to shout that out to the world?  Authors tend to announce their sales, and keep the rest hush-hush.

I just found out a novella was rejected, something I'd been hoping would get picked up for an anthology.  But it's only my first rejection, so my hopes are still high.  I'm at the point where, after a story is rejected, I get right on to the next project, or call my agent and discuss who...