first rejection

LeftUnsaid · Aug 8, 2006

This morning I received my first rejection letter from some poems I had submitted! Is it strange to be this excited about it? I feel like I'm bursting with enthusiasm. It was a very encouraging letter and did not seem generated to be passed along to all rejectees, but then again, what do I know as this is my first. This has surely made me anxious to finish writing this damn book so I can begin to get rejections for that too! But in the meantime, I think I'll be submitting more poetry elsewhere.
How odd that a rejection letter has set off what I know will be a great day!

MidnightMuse · Aug 8, 2006

No, it's not too unusual for ones First rejection letter to spark some feelings of accomplishment. As they say, you can publish, if you don't submit ! So the fact that you're getting rejections means you're submitting, and that means you're on the road to publication.

And that's a Good Thing

FloVoyager · Aug 8, 2006

Congratulations on taking the big step of submitting, and on your first rejection. Unfortunately, it may not be your last. But don't let that stop you. Keep submitting!

stormie · Aug 8, 2006

Frame that rejection letter. Shows you're a writer. I think that's why you feel good about it. Funny thing to say, but, congratulations!

Tilly · Aug 8, 2006

Yay! And you're right, it is a positive step to submit and rejections are a part of that.

Susie · Aug 8, 2006

Yep, I give you a lot of credit for being so happy. The first is always the best, even if it's a rejection and it is encouraging, so that's super! Much good luck to you and everyone!

and

to the cooler.

Cath · Aug 8, 2006

LeftUnsaid said:
How odd that a rejection letter has set off what I know will be a great day!

Not at all! Congrats on your first rejection.

Scrawler · Aug 8, 2006

My first rejection slips used to make me feel that I was part of a club, or had gone through a rite of passage. I was one of "them" now- a Writer!

Even though I don't find rejections as glamorous as I used to, receiving one makes me feel like I'm still in the club- I like that.

Heartsease · Aug 8, 2006

Congrats! It takes a lot to make that first leap. Your attitude about the rejection tells me that you will keep at it and that is a GOOD thing

LA

Birol · Aug 8, 2006

Congratulations on achieving such a significant milestone!

:PartySmil

LilaDubois · Aug 8, 2006

I know how you feel. I figure that every rejection I get takes me closer to the letter that won’t be a rejection.

Sury · Aug 8, 2006

Great attitude, LeftUnsaid. Something all of us can benefit from.

Keep going, and let us know it it goes. Good luck!

Sury

LeftUnsaid · Aug 8, 2006

"A rite of passage." Those are the words I've been searching for all day. It feels like that more than anything.
And thank you all for your nice words!

first rejection

LeftUnsaid

MidnightMuse

Midnight Reading

FloVoyager

Will write for chocolate

stormie

storm central

Tilly

Susie

Thanks, special friend for my avi!

Cath

The mean one

Scrawler

Bored fanatic

Heartsease

Birol

Around and About

LilaDubois

Sury

Word Worker

LeftUnsaid