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I got rid of my rejection blues by going line dancing at a tremendously gay bar in the city. Luckily, I woke up with no Rs in the inbox, but the mail hasn't come yet.
I got rid of my rejection blues by going line dancing at a tremendously gay bar in the city. Luckily, I woke up with no Rs in the inbox, but the mail hasn't come yet.
(((Pit)))
Sheesh, this is a banner day. Mondays and Fridays always seem to be cleaning days for agents.
I have nothing to report because I officially have ZERO pages out there.
I do, however, have flu-like symptoms, and feel like utter poo.
Yeah, even if she said that she changed her mind and we could have it, I'm not sure I would want to take it now......{{KellionPoPLeigh}} ouch what a slaughterfest (even if it's not all writerly related crap - Leigh that land lord sounds like a douche)
Do you ever wish you could wave a magic wand and all those writers who really shouldn't be querying, all the ones whe just want to instantly become celebs, the ones who don't take writing seriously or whose stuff is - dare I say it 'cause we never 'know' if OUR stuff falls into this category - crap ... Don't you just wish that wand could make all those queries disappear from agent inboxes? They're just so snowed under with crap all. the. time. And writers like us who ARE serious and have reasonable expectatins (meaning we don't expect to be over night celebs) are brushed to the wayside 'cause agents don't have enough time/energy to read 1000 queries a week AND take serious writers work seriously....le sigh
/rant
Speak for yourself......And writers like us who ARE serious and have reasonable expectatins (meaning we don't expect to be over night celebs)
It's okay, I guess I inspire the "no-r means no thanks" policy too.......Haha, Leigh!
Cricket, that was totally how I pictured agents reading my query -- with delight and wonder. It was quite an awakening to realize that I'm actually one of the crap queries that drives agents to no-response policies.
Then you wake up and all you see is an agent dressed as Santa Claus going, "You'll shoot your eye out!"See, I always think of the opposite. Actually, I think of the scene from 'A Christmas Story' when Ralphie's teacher is reading through a pile of themes, and marking them with F's. Then suddenly she gets to Ralphie's theme, reads about his Red Rider BB gun, holds the theme to her chest, and then writes A+++++ across the chalkboard.
Yep, it's official, I need a life.
Then you wake up and all you see is an agent dressed as Santa Claus going, "You'll shoot your eye out!"
>.< I'm totally not getting any of these references (I'm not christian and don't watch TV so I've never seen most x-mas specials)Exactly. That's what I hear when I read my rejections.
Soul, I read an agent's blog, way back when, who talked about this. She admitted to requesting bad queries because her brain was fried, and missing good ones for the same reason. Sucks.
>.< I'm totally not getting any of these references (I'm not christian and don't watch TV so I've never seen most x-mas specials)
Maybe it is caused by living in a miasma of literary failure. It's the rejection grippe.