Today I performed the masochistic task of counting all my rejections. All of them, dating back to early 2004, and including agent, trilogy, and short story rejections. The grand total is 50. That's it! 50! Granted, 25 of those have been from the last year or so, but still. I've not been working hard enough. It's possible, too, that I've not kept them all.
Note the new, nifty "Reject-O-Meter" progress bar at left. It was Ken's idea. I figure when I reach 100 I'd like to do nice, big, reward. Like apply to Clarion Writing Workshop or go on the Maui Writer's Conference cruise or something fantabulous like that. Coincidentally, Ken and I celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary next year ... mayhap we could wrap the two trips into one.
I suspect, though, that I'll reach 100 way before that. Because, you know, I'll be querying like 100 agents in about two months.
7 comments:
Kelly,
So far as I know, you can stop sending out when the rejection letters, packed tightly and stacked from the floor, reach to your chin. That's what I heard, anyway...
Good job, though. That's a lot of stories sent out. You're sure to keep getting published if you submit with that frequency.
Good luck on the next fifty!
Thanks, dude!
You're also way ahead of my curve. My first acceptance came after my 80th rejection. In short, your record thus far, rocks!
my husband made me a scrapbook of all my rejections and gave it to me for Christmas. I had no idea he'd been rescuing them from the garbage can (though he never got the ones I flushed down the toilet, or the ones that were ground up in the disposal) I counted them up the other day and sighed. I thought for sure I'd sent out more than that!
Congratulations on your number. It means you're working towards something great!
Y: Thanks! Though most days I don't feel like I rock ...
Julie: I know! I had to count twice because it sure felt like I had gotten twice as many over the years. That was nice of your husband to make a scrapbook.
Tried out those no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies you mentioned earlier--YUM!
I love how they're like an edible chemistry experiment. Better living through chemistry, I say. But be careful! They're more addictive than crack. I've thought about making a batch ...
and now I think I must.
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