In case you need a little bolstering of the spirit today, here's some stuff to read:
- Moira Allen on "Coping with Rejection" at writing-world.com
- Laurie Pawlik-Klenlen (say that name 5 times fast) on "5 Steps to Building Resiliency: Facing Rejection & Bouncing Back After You've Failed" at Suite101.com
- Coping. org (tagline: We remember.) offers a how-to-overcome piece called "Handling Fear of Rejection" (Translation available in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish)
- Topdatingtips.com offers up "Tips for Dealing with Rejection," which applies to literary rejection if you squint your eyes a little while reading
- Wikipedia offers this on the Rejection Letter. I would add LROD as an external link if I had even the first clue about how wikipedia actually works, but I do not. Alas, as they say.
In case you need a little bolstering of the spirit today, here's some stuff to read:
I am a rejection free zone - but only because I haven't even finished the first draft yet and haven't submitted anything. I shall enjoy reading some of these posts in preparation for the inevitable...
ReplyDeleteAlas, I'm a Wiki-geek, so I added the link.
ReplyDeleteWiki-Geek: You are very kind and very geeky. Who the hell else can figure that site out. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links, W,R! I'm rough-drafting right now, but I'll be back on the query-go-round one of these days, and I need to psych myself up.
ReplyDeleteThanks alot. I am drafting as we speak.
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As they say, fail forward. The more times you get rejected, the closer you move towards acceptance. As long as your learning from your mistakes
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