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| by striatic |
You can’t query
without being rejected. There is no way around this universal truth.
I was at LDStorymakers in 2011 and author
Elana Johnson (I would stake my life on the fact it was her, but someone tell
me if I'm wrong :) got an award for the most rejections that year—86 (give or take).
I hadn’t started
querying yet so I had no way to know if this was normal or not, but I was so
impressed with her determination. I thought she must have great confidence in
her story. And she was right to. If you’ve read Possession you will know
what I mean.
I’ve had 26
rejections so far this year. Lots were form rejections, some rejections of
partials or full requests, and some were “I liked your writing. I liked your
story, but I can’t represent it now.” I think the last are the hardest and in
some ways the nicest to take.
So I want to
know…What is your rejection number? Any
that have broken your heart? How do you keep going?
-Angie
