Mighty Casey has struck out.

[megwrites]

Quick!Agent rejected me about an hour ago.

This means, officially, the Tower!Guy has bombed completely. I've got one more place to send it, but I officially hold out no hope at all and expect rejection as well.

I guess it wasn't a good novel, but I have no idea what else I could do to make it better. I did my best. My best wasn't good enough. The cheery little lies they tell you in school don't cover these things.

Just have to write something else, hope it fares better.

I still love writing, but I don't love this bit at all. This is the painful bit. The part where you hurt and there's nothing you can do about it.

And just for the record? There is no skin thick enough for this, either. I defy anyone not to feel abject disappointment when they work for years at something and come to failure. I guess you just take it and move on.

Besides, it was just the first try. There are other novels. There will be other chances. Other rejections.

Maybe, eventually, there will be good news. Just not now.

Comments

[denoue-moi.livejournal.com]

hey, sorry i'm just now seeing this. the rejections aren't true feedback about your work. they are just opinions and mostlty totally uninformed ones because they didn't all read your book.

if this is indeed a strikeout, it's just the first inning. don't let the bastards get you down.

[fiction-theory.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'll try to keep that in mind.