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This picture pretty much says it

Rejections

I really AM okay with this… ya gotta play to win, right!?

January 26th, 2009 | Category: creativity, dreams, why not me, writing | 4 comments

4 comments to This picture pretty much says it

  • eebie
    January 26th, 2009 at 7:16 pm

    Any you keep playing and driving hard and finding your voice and submitting and driving hard and resubmitting and … remember the 9 steps to being a winner (see Little Miss Sunshine if you don’t recall). And you’ve got to love it! It is an intimate part of being a writer!

  • Karin
    January 27th, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    Congratulations! And so the rejections pile up. But every once in a while, submissions lead to acceptance.

  • katie
    January 27th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    Hey, that’s exciting. I’ve heard you have to get a bunch of those out of the way before the other stuff happens. I know, being a visual artist, that rejection is just part of the deal. Not everybody can like everything. That’d be boring, or something. I’ve only ever received the rejection notices for writing… because I gave up on it so long ago. But I am excited to retry now!
    Yay!!!!!!!!
    You are inspiring.
    MY COUSIN IS COOL!
    Katie

    PS Do you recommend wordpress for a blog hoster?
    I’m going to do it!

  • Spring Break and Everyone Flew the Coop « UNM Creative Writing Blog
    March 17th, 2009 at 8:24 am

    [...] did manage to submit one brief essay to Brevity magazine. I also received one more rejection letter (from Prairie Schooner) in the mail for the piece I submitted at the end of last semester. I feel surprisingly proud of myself. Sure, [...]

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