You know you're feeling dejected when...

blackbird · Oct 20, 2006

You know you're feeling dejected when you get that envelope in the mail and there's that tiny piece of paper and you start to read it and it says "Thank you for your submission, but unfortunately _______ magazine is no longer publishing" and you actually jump up and down with joy because at least it's NOT a rejection this time! :hooray:

RainbowDragon · Oct 21, 2006

I'll play, Blackbird -

. . .You respond to your latest form rejection with a hand-written note such as, "Thank you for filling in my name (though I must confess it was spelled wrong) and the title of the work you rejected (in all capitals which might to the untrained eye scream of something not too remote from laziness). I deeply appreciate the personal touch you bring to the marketplace and hope to work with you on a future project."

(Next. . .?)

triceretops · Oct 21, 2006

You know you're dejected.......when you send in your query/partial/full, and with it, you send in a rejection letter to yourself (with proper postage), and just ask the agent/editor to sign it and get it back as quickly as possible. Then you thank them profusely.

What's amazing, is that you have so many variations of the form rejections from each source, that you've been able to draft/cut/paste, and mass produce them, and you know exactly which form rejection letter to use when it has to be sent back to you. Of course you add a few pandering remarks in the rejection just to make it fresh, hoping that agent/editor won't mind such creativity.

Tri

Declan · Oct 22, 2006

You know you're dejected when...

...Leonard Cohen sounds positively up beat.

Susie · Oct 22, 2006

You know you're dejected when...

... you get one acceptance, but someone else gets ten acceptances.

writerterri · Oct 22, 2006

I'm still waiting to be dejected...

You guys get all the good mail.

janetbellinger · Oct 22, 2006

Susie said:
You know you're dejected when...

... you get one acceptance, but someone else gets ten acceptances.

Gee, that wouldn't make me feel dejected. One acceptance would make me feel elated, even if somebody else got a thousand acceptances.

Susie · Oct 22, 2006

I was joking, Janet. I'm thrilled when I get one acceptance and when others get ten acceptances too. See my smilie.

blacbird · Oct 22, 2006

. . . you wake up in the morning.

caw.

Pisarz · Oct 23, 2006

. . . you see a reply to your equery in the Inbox and think, "WTF? I was in the middle of Sudoku." And then you click on it, 100% certain it's a form rejection . . . and discover that it's actually a request for material.

stormie · Oct 23, 2006

blackbird said:
You know you're feeling dejected when you get that envelope in the mail and there's that tiny piece of paper and you start to read it and it says "Thank you for your submission, but unfortunately _______ magazine is no longer publishing" and you actually jump up and down with joy because at least it's NOT a rejection this time!

Yes! That's happened to me and I didn't tear it up, stomp on it, set it on fire. I called it one of my "good" rejections.

Pat~ · Oct 23, 2006

You know you feel dejected when...you haven't picked up in your pencil (pen, keyboard) since that book publisher sent you that "this-has-potential" rejection letter 6 weeks ago.

(I'm on the upswing, though

.)

JustinThorne · Oct 23, 2006

You know you're feeling dejected when...

The postman leaves a post-it note with 'cheer-up' written on it on your mail box.

JustinThorne · Oct 24, 2006

You know you're feeling dejected when...

Salman Rushdie nominates you for a rep point and the comment is 'Could be worse.'

fanatic · Oct 24, 2006

You know you're feeling dejected when you get an email that reads:

"Thanks for your submission to Not-For-You Mag. We cannot use it at this time, but we wish you good luck in placing it elsewhere."

And you think, hey, I think the editor really meant that 'good luck' part. Then start to drool, happily.

stormie · Oct 24, 2006

I_Shrugged said:
...you send a SASE with your personal correspondence because you expect rejections from that writing, too.

anavicenteferreira · Oct 24, 2006

... when the juri of competition you submitted your work to decides not to atribute a winner that year.

JustinThorne · Oct 24, 2006

... You send an SASE with your tax return.

... You send a query letter to your girlfriend before asking her out.

... You stop after foreplay and when asked why, you say, "That was a partial... you want the whole thing?"

... After cheating on your girlfriend your excuse is, "You never mentioned exclusives on your Website!"

... When you sign greeting cards at work, the message is always double-spaced.

... You witness a crime and when asked for a statement by the police you hand over a synopsis.

... You get married and your speech includes an ackowledgements section and blurbs from your ex-girlfriends.

JustinThorne · Oct 26, 2006

... someone makes a comment that you have neat handwriting and you ask if you can use it as a blurb.

stormie · Oct 26, 2006

JustinThorne said:
... someone makes a comment that you have neat handwriting and you ask if you can use it as a blurb.

HorrorWriter · Oct 27, 2006

You know you're dejected when you receive a rejection but never sent a query in the first place!

Provrb1810meggy · Oct 27, 2006

You know you're dejected when your biggest dream is to get a form rejection with your name on it.

DeniseK · Oct 27, 2006

You know you're dejected when you check your email and it says you have no messages but you look at your inbox anyway.

Pisarz · Oct 27, 2006

You know you're dejected when you receive a rejection from an agency you queried many moons ago and are actually relieved because you'd already written them off last month anyway. The mind thinks, "Rejection? I kind of figured as much when the two week promise-to-respond expired in mid-August. This is old news. At least it's not a rejection from the latest batch of e-queries . . . from which I can't even get a 'no' . . . yet . . ." Something like that.

CaroGirl · Oct 27, 2006

You know you're dejected when

...someone asks you how the writing's coming along and you burst into tears.

...you see an unfamiliar number on your telephone with no message and assume you just missed a call from a major editor who might never call back. You then decide never to leave the house again.

...you send a story to a magazine that always replies with personalized rejections, just so you can get something with your actual name on it.

You know you're feeling dejected when...

blackbird

RainbowDragon

Perpetuous Revisasaurus

triceretops

Declan

Susie

Thanks, special friend for my avi!

writerterri

It's a dorky day!

janetbellinger

Susie

Thanks, special friend for my avi!

blacbird

Pisarz

stormie

storm central

Pat~

Luftmensch Emeritus, A.D.D.

JustinThorne

www.justinthorne.com

JustinThorne

www.justinthorne.com

fanatic

stormie

storm central

anavicenteferreira

JustinThorne

www.justinthorne.com

JustinThorne

www.justinthorne.com

stormie

storm central

HorrorWriter

It's a new dawn. It's a new day.

Provrb1810meggy

DeniseK

Pisarz

CaroGirl

Living the dream