you know when you think that "possibly I'm just not a very good writer and no one's bothered to tell me?" and then you think of those rejections and DAMN.
The Daily Rejection
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Oh, yeah. My agent and I think my stuff is the cat's meow, but man, are we being proved wrong, again and again and again. Can't be a fluke, 'cause it was the same situation with the two previous agents, starting back 23 years ago.
I'm seriously wondering, in a funny way, if agents really do have their pulse on the industry demands, or is there something (inside info) that those evil editors aren't telling the agents, and are deliberately holding back.
Sometimes I think I'm sitting down at a table with a stacked deck, or somebody has a voodoo doll of me that's full of pins. All of them stuck in the groin region. Guh.
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Yeah, on even-numbered days. So I've got another half-hour here before my work transforms to crap.
Weird non-rejection today. He won't have the time to read it until after the summer, but I should re-query him then if I'm still looking.
That's actually very decent of him. Most agents would just make the request, sit on it for six months and crash-read it if another agent makes an offer.
That's actually very decent of him. Most agents would just make the request, sit on it for six months and crash-read it if another agent makes an offer.
Sent an EQ to a Canadian agent on the weekend. Just got an email from the agent who said my book was "normally too commercial for her taste, but she was charmed and intrigued" and asked for the full exclusive, but would take it if someone else was already looking at it. She promised to give me an answer within the month.
Woohoo! I needed some good news.
Woohoo! I needed some good news.
That's great -- particularly the promised turnaround time. Hard to beat "charmed and intrigued."
Charmed and intrigued was pretty awesome. Also asking for an exclusive made me feel all important. But the promised turnaround has me on edge. I'll be checking my email constantly. At least we're in the same time zone so I know when quitting time is
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Karma is a bitch. Clearly I was too happy. So she stepped in and took it out on my boy. His broken teeth are hurting again. Back to the specialist I go
You can't be that wrong. After all, you've had agent after agent after agent.
Hang in there. There's a big bucket of writers that would love to be in your shoes!
Yeah, despite my best efforts, I think my little man is getting dehydrated from the flu. Wait til my hubby gets home and I tell him he has to take him in! AHAHAAHAHAH. Yes, I've been up for 30+ hours, what?
Karma is a bitch. Clearly I was too happy. So she stepped in and took it out on my boy. His broken teeth are hurting again. Back to the specialist I go
Oh, the poor little guy. Do you know why he's hurting now? I wonder if it may be nerve connections being reestablished. I once deeply stabbed the palm of my hand (takes talent). It hurt the most several weeks after I did it, as the nerves connected up again in the area.
That was my first thought. He hasn't had any feeling in those teeth for months, so it makes sense that it would start with some pain. He says it isn't constant, which doesn't indicate infection. And there's no swelling either, another good sign. BUT, just to be safe before we go ahead and fix them, he needs to get some xrays and have a pulp test. We really can't afford for him to have two root canals done on those teeth right now so I'm hoping it's nothing.
Incidentally, once I made the appointment he said those teeth weren't bothering him anymore. I wish I believed him.
The wait for my dream agent has ended with a form rejection If I hadn't got that other request yesterday, I'd be really upset. Instead I'm eating chocolate and pretending I don't care at all.
If I hadn't got that other request yesterday, I'd be really upset. Instead I'm eating chocolate and pretending I don't care at all.
I'm doing okay, kind of expected it. She's been handing out lots of forms lately. I'm not convinced she is actively looking for new clients.
Yeah, I actually make 'em wait if it's someone I've been looking forward to hearing from, just a few minutes while I convince myself it's a rejection. If it's not, hey that's great, but if it is, then at least it doesn't eat at me... well, not so badly.
Oh, I'm sorry, Carleree. Chocolate should help.
I hope our suspicion is right about your son's teeth. Without swelling and constant pain, it sure sounds like healing.
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A few more fiddles with the NF, then I'm requerying. Next week. I'm announcing it here so I won't goof off. Yesterday I felt the need to pull weeds. Day before that...not quite sure what I did, but it wasn't writing. I think I want to postpone rejection, now that I've rewritten the way assorted agents suggested. Or I think I have, anyway. Ay, there's the rub.
I think I should go to a coffee shop, where I have no excuse but to buckle down.
I hope our suspicion is right about your son's teeth. Without swelling and constant pain, it sure sounds like healing.
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A few more fiddles with the NF, then I'm requerying. Next week. I'm announcing it here so I won't goof off. Yesterday I felt the need to pull weeds. Day before that...not quite sure what I did, but it wasn't writing. I think I want to postpone rejection, now that I've rewritten the way assorted agents suggested. Or I think I have, anyway. Ay, there's the rub.
I think I should go to a coffee shop, where I have no excuse but to buckle down.
Got a form R today. Not taking it well. I can usually handle R's better than this, but I can't help but feel that as long as I've been at this I should be able to do better than a form R. sigh I'll get over it. I always do, but I guess some R's just hurt more than others.
Thanks for letting me rant and throw a mini pity party. I'm sure life will go on.
Thanks for letting me rant and throw a mini pity party. I'm sure life will go on.
Everybody gets form rejections. No matter how appealing or wonderful the story there are always going to be agents who are too busy, agents who don't see it as quite their thing, and agents who are just having a crappy day and aren't giving it a fair shake.
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