Rejection…
Posted by JCJul 6
…wouldn’t be so bad if it didn’t bring up the question – am I not ready? Or were you just not the right one? Is it the time and place or is it me? I don’t mind work; frustrating as forcing yourself to learn and grow can be, I’m willing to do it – and I WILL do it until I AM good enough – but I also know that if you want to be successful eventually you gotta put yourself out there. But how do you know when it’s time? I propose rejections come with a check box:
____ This has no shot in hell of getting picked up. Take more classes.
____ Above average submission; it’s just not my bag, baby.
____ One day when this sells billions of copies, I’m sure I will regret turning you down, but I have something similar on my list already/the stars are not aligned right/your name reminds me of my mother-in-law/I reject everything before my second cup of coffee.
It would take a lot of the angst out. [Of course, I am hugely kidding, in case there was any doubt. 
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One comment
Comment by Gary on July 6, 2009 at 4:11 pm
If you always put youself “out there.” Eventually, it WILL be the right time.
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And usually, when someone says “just kidding”, they probably weren’t. Unless they made some comment about their mother-in-law, then they probably were kidding.