November 16, 2006
Rejection Sucks
Doesn’t it? I mean, you send off your project into the big wide world with high hopes. You wait for at least six months to hear something and then you get the letter back that says – no, thank you. It’s hard getting any rejection. And even harder to make yourself keep writing when you get one.
I’ve finally received my rejection from Harlequin/Luna. Which is really fine. But you know… you think you have a great story but when it’s been rejected umpteen times, you just want to throw it away.
For me, I get to a point where I start wondering if the project is worth believing in anymore. Do I try to rewrite it again? Do I try to sell it elsewhere? Or do I just throw it in the trash and call it done? Maybe it’s truly time to retire that book and forget about it. Maybe it’s time to throw it away and stop trying to publish it.
Or maybe I could stick my finger in the air and just try again.
Maybe.



You send it out to the next place on the list you made when you did your research.
It’s not you, it’s them. You don’t always find the perfect match the first time out.
Sorry you got the rejection, but you’ll find a better home for it.
Oh I know. And I probably will once I’m in a better frame of mind. I’m just foul today (see my blog post…:lol:). It wasn’t so much the rejection as what she SAID in the rejection.
Sorry, you had to go through this but all writers tell me that rejections make them grow as a writer. Look at the reasons they rejected it for. May be you can work out the kinks and get it accepted. Don’t throw away the work you have slaved over so much. Just avoid making the same mistakes again.
Best of Luck!!
just use her name in the next book and kill her off early
(I did bwwwaaaahhhhhhhhhh)
Thanks, Mahaira. The book has been rejected a lot and there are so many different opinions about it, I think I need to just either scrap it or start over. :) Just part of the biz.
And LOL Dennie!!
Keep trying. Someone will want it!
LOL Dennie you’re evil!
If it’s not getting nibbles take a long, hard, honest look at it and go from there. With OIABM I knew it wasn’t the writing but the subject matter. No one in NY would touch it. And may never touch it. That’s life and that’s why I decided to epublish it.
I agree, Ames. I’ve been thinking about it for a long while and I think I know what to do with it - nothing for now!
Anyway… I’ll figure it out. Eventually!
You could always set it aside for a little while and submit something else. Sometimes the next book sells first and they end up buying the book that was initially rejected. :)
You know, I’ve been thinking about just that. I’ve been working on the second book, so who knows. :)