Woot! My first rejection ever!
I’ve fantasized, all starry-eyed, about getting my first rejection ever since I was a kid. Now at last it has happened! Heliotrope has turned down “The Conductor,” but gave me a very friendly personal rejection note. 18 days. I’m so pleased with getting a nice personal note that I’m taking my camera to the zoo today and having a glut of critter-photography to celebrate. I know it sounds weird, but getting my first rejection is this huge step in my life. I’ve known it was going to come ever since I started seriously considering trying to get my work published, around the age of 10 or so. I mean, has ANY writer ever been accepted on their first try? Sheesh, I doubt it! Rejection #1 is a milestone. I’m thrilled! Here’s to many more, and hopefully some accepted manuscripts, too.
“The Conductor” is off again to the IGMS. They have a three-month turnaround time, so it could be a long wait. I’d better write more short stories so I have more stuff to do in the meantime!
