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My friend Q-- is a moderately successful short story writer, with many publications, a SFWA membership, solicitations for several pro anthologies, and so on.
Me, I'm still struggling for my first "pro" publication, after many years of pounding of the keyboard. I've received 56 rejections this year for my short fiction, with (probably) more to come. Q-- tells me that I'm a good writer, that it's merely a matter of time now, but I'm not so sure.
Needless to say, I'm pretty jealous of Q--'s success. I know, of course, that Q-- still gets rejections and so do many professional-level writers, but for some reason that doesn't help.
How do you all deal with this sort of jealousy? What's the best way to break through it so that it doesn't get to the point where it interferes with my writing?
Me, I'm still struggling for my first "pro" publication, after many years of pounding of the keyboard. I've received 56 rejections this year for my short fiction, with (probably) more to come. Q-- tells me that I'm a good writer, that it's merely a matter of time now, but I'm not so sure.
Needless to say, I'm pretty jealous of Q--'s success. I know, of course, that Q-- still gets rejections and so do many professional-level writers, but for some reason that doesn't help.
How do you all deal with this sort of jealousy? What's the best way to break through it so that it doesn't get to the point where it interferes with my writing?