Good Bad News
Today I got a rejection from a magazine I have REALLY wanted to get into. Yes, that's bad news. The good news is, the editor had asked for something else, so I scrambled to send it a few months ago, and the rejection today said that he was sorry, my piece had been a "maybe" but in the end they hadn't been able to agree on it, so no. But to try again next year, when their reading period starts again.
Sooo... yeah, it's a little depressing but I feel heartened that it ALMOST made it in. (But damn, that would have been SO cool! Sigh.)
And now I know sometimes when it takes a while to hear back it does mean that there's a "maybe" pile, that's delayed because it's still getting batted back and forth. Again, though, what a funny habit, to be a writer, forcing yourself to see some rejection as good this way.
Anyway, onward.
On a different note, I watched "Donnie Darko" tonight and it fried my noodle. Wow. And, NaNoWriMo update: 0 words today. I'm hitting the hay.
Write on,
LLB
Sooo... yeah, it's a little depressing but I feel heartened that it ALMOST made it in. (But damn, that would have been SO cool! Sigh.)
And now I know sometimes when it takes a while to hear back it does mean that there's a "maybe" pile, that's delayed because it's still getting batted back and forth. Again, though, what a funny habit, to be a writer, forcing yourself to see some rejection as good this way.
Anyway, onward.
On a different note, I watched "Donnie Darko" tonight and it fried my noodle. Wow. And, NaNoWriMo update: 0 words today. I'm hitting the hay.
Write on,
LLB
posted by LadyLitBlitzin at 1:54 AM
2 Comments:
Sorry about the story, but send it out somewhere else quick. If this editor liked it that much, someone else might like enough to print it.
Donnie Darko is a great movie; one of those rarities I see and wish I had written it.
Thanks for the words of encouragement, Hebdomeros. I'm definitely going to put it out again. And try them again next year...
Yeah, Donnie Darko was pretty amazing. I have been thinking about it all weekend, and it's been a long time since I've had a movie make that much of an impression that I've wanted to think about it so much. Yeah, it would be amazing to write something like that!
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