tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post6914504564307984157..comments2024-01-10T04:32:03.578-05:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: THE LONG LROD GOOD-BYEWriter, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-78697134166008370282013-02-08T00:55:54.689-05:002013-02-08T00:55:54.689-05:00Mmm, I can definitely understand the temptation of...Mmm, I can definitely understand the temptation of another career. Part of why I learned to love being a reporter when I had my heart set on fiction writer is that once I had the job, I was in. No uncertainties about rejections, I could write and write. But I came back to writing - in the end, its the part of myself I can't escape. Whatever you decide to do, I wish you luck!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159646822005212066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-18500855603197855792012-12-15T03:35:55.182-05:002012-12-15T03:35:55.182-05:00Literary Rejections On Display is a website on whi...Literary Rejections On Display is a website on which people can post and discuss rejection letters from magazines, agents and book publishers. The site was ...Alex Dumpfreehttp://www.dqglobal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-62840444215844266682012-09-29T11:26:22.241-04:002012-09-29T11:26:22.241-04:00I'm sorry to hear that. I've read your wri...I'm sorry to hear that. I've read your writing and think you're great. What you've done is already good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-52157961072169671842012-09-28T12:00:30.465-04:002012-09-28T12:00:30.465-04:00Why not just send your novel as it is (as you like...Why not just send your novel as it is (as you like it, regardless of what agent says) to independent presses who accept unagented submissions, as well as to contents, and if the first few chapters could stand on their own, as short story submissions to different literary journals? It might all look different if any of these "bite" - and what have you got to lose? Especially if you keep your expectations low.<br /><br />Good luck. Don't give up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-18349828495426896212012-09-25T14:00:10.551-04:002012-09-25T14:00:10.551-04:00I just want to say that I discovered this place ab...<br /> I just want to say that I discovered this place about a year ago and it's been a place of refuge and comfort for me in the midst of my own rejections and in my despair and anguish at those rejections. <br /> Lay people, no matter how nice, be they friends or family, just don't get it. And how could they? <br /> But no matter what our opinions were about MFA programs or the death of lit fiction etc., we were all united here in the knowledge that rejections suck major major balls. <br /> And in posting all of yours and the rejections of others, I think you gave us a forum to tell the rejectors to suck some balls too. <br /> So I just want to say hats off, and thank you, and to wish you success in whatever you decide to do. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-53792180005528263002012-09-25T03:36:10.116-04:002012-09-25T03:36:10.116-04:00Just because a number of people who title themselv...Just because a number of people who title themselves experts have rejected your book doesn't mean it isn't a great story or a great book. It doesn't meant there aren't numerous readers who'd love it.<br /><br />Set the story in a safe place and go have some fun dancing, painting, taking pictures or weaving words. Be kind to your inner artist/heart. It's suffering concussion.<br /><br />I'll sign off with a poem by Basho one of the masters of Haiku<br /><br />How sad - under<br />the battered helmet<br />Cricket song.Cari Hislophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15717398455999202660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-48516786124211913392012-09-24T16:42:21.660-04:002012-09-24T16:42:21.660-04:00"that leads to acceptance and love, not rejec..."that leads to acceptance and love, not rejection and snarkiness." <br />Hope you find it. As someone who - many years ago - withdrew from the fray, I can say that not being involved with striving was a relief. Futility is a demoralizing opponent.<br />What is it but Vanity, after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com