Sigh

[rgraham666]

Rejected.

 

[Tom Collins]

Rejected.

Not by me, Sir Rob.

What was the reason given?

 

[Selena_Kitt]

what for!?

 

[rgraham666]

They didn't say. Just "not suitable for our company."

 

[Selena_Kitt]

ohhhh....

Sorry, Rob... even Mighty Casey struck out... get back on the horse... all those silly metaphors, comin' atcha, along with a dose of sympathy and a nice soothing balm for the bruised ego...

 

[Tom Collins]

They didn't say. Just "not suitable for our company."

Lit said that?

 

[rgraham666]

No, the publishing company I sent something to. My second best piece after Abyss.

I wonder why I bother? You think after fifty years I'd have learned that effort and reward are unrelated.

 

[MissBri]

 

[Guest]

Hardly anyone ever actually gets published on their first try, Rob. You know how many reams of paper worth of rejection letters most popular novelists receive before they actually get accepted and paid for a story?

Keep your head up and try again. We all know your stuff is good enough.

What Jett said.

 

[rgraham666]

Thanks MissJett, sarahh.

 

[Tom Collins]

Hardly anyone ever actually gets published on their first try, Rob. You know how many reams of paper worth of rejection letters most popular novelists receive before they actually get accepted and paid for a story?

Keep your head up and try again. We all know your stuff is good enough.

You tell him, mi nina.

Sir Rob

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

I have a huge wall filled with rejection letters. They outnumber the acceptance letters over 40 to 1.

Every other author in existence has done close to the same thing. Many joke about the various collages they have made from rejections. It's an intrinsic yet unfortunate symptom of the process.

 

[Guest]

 

[Aurora Black]

Fuck them. Not literally, of course.

 

[Antfarmer77]

Fuck them. Not literally, of course.

But it would serve them right if you did

 

[rgraham666]

I have a huge wall filled with rejection letters. They outnumber the acceptance letters over 40 to 1.

Every other author in existence has done close to the same thing. Many joke about the various collages they have made from rejections. It's an intrinsic yet unfortunate symptom of the process.

I tossed it, Luc. If I kept my rejection letters, paid any attention to them, it would be only a couple of weeks before I stuck the business end of a gun in my mouth. I've had little but rejection in my life. No need to wallow in it.

Thanks Jammies, Aurora.

 

[impressive]

Sorry, Rob. Keep trying!

 

[Aurora Black]

Sorry, Rob. Keep trying!

Flasher.

 

[carsonshepherd]

Please don't give up, Rob. You're meant to write professionally. I know it. I knew it when I read The Orange Slip.

Keep trying. The world needs your words.

 

[minsue]

What they said, Rob. And adding many *HUGS* to the pile

 

[rgraham666]

Thanks all.

Surprisingly, for me, I'm recovering already. Was more like a kick in the shins than a kick in the crotch.

 

[carsonshepherd]

Thanks all.

Surprisingly, for me, I'm recovering already. Was more like a kick in the shins than a kick in the crotch.

As it should be.

 

[Guest]

Thanks all.

Surprisingly, for me, I'm recovering already. Was more like a kick in the shins than a kick in the crotch.

You rock.

 

[rgraham666]

Thanks carson, sarahh.

 

[neonlyte]

Sorry to hear of the 'R'. You are a big man, step over it and walk on, rejection is but one step on the pathway to success.