The Dreaded R

Rejection. Does it bother you? I can't say I'm particularly fussed by it one way or another. I received what some may say is the dreaded R this morning and submitted it elsewhere right away. What one publisher doesn't want, another might. Then, if it's rejected again, it's time to have an objective look at the book and try to figure out why it was rejected. Not all publishers have time to give feedback as to why they didn't want your book—understandable when there are only so many hours in the day, and then if the publisher/editor gives a reason, it opens up the floodgates for an email discussion that the publisher/editor doesn't have time for, and then the possibility of, "Oh, whyyyyyyyyy? Can you just look at my book again? He did this because of this, and she acted this way because, because, because…" Been there as an editor myself, and it can be hard to extricate yourself from this type of interaction. But, on the author side of the fence, we can be left in a quandary as to what needs changing in the rejected book. As we all know, it's not always easy to see our own mistakes, and it isn't until an editor points them out and we slap our foreheads that we see the glaring errors.


Still, if at first I don't succeed…and if at second I don't succeed…and if on the third try I don't succeed… But on the fourth time out, that book isn't going anywhere but my files, where I'll let a good length of time go by before I look at it again. Of course, it may well just be utter shite and no amount of revising will help, but hey, that's the way of things sometimes.

On another note, the big freeze that was due to arrive yesterday…didn't. Of course it didn't. I suspect the weatherman's prediction will come true days after he said it would, but if I hadn't gone food shopping yesterday, you can bet your ass it would have snowed overnight so I couldn't get into town today. Such is life!

This morning I spent a little time creating some cover art, and now I think I need to get back to a WIP and write a fight scene I've been putting off. It might not be as bad as I'm thinking it will be. A new day brings new perspective and all that.

Well, that's all from me today, loves. Hope you have a great one yourself!