Breathing room people. Breathing room is all I ask for.
I don't mind the rejections...really. It wouldn't be a query lately without that letter or email claiming, "It's just not for us at this time."
But with the last batch out, there were a couple of head spinning responses as timing goes. One didn't even take more than four hours before getting back to me and smacking that rejection down.
Not sure what hurt worse the fact that it was yet another rejection or the fact that it came back so fast. I'm leaning on the side of the time thing.
I feel like saying, "Please, if you want to reject me just give me the courtesy of a few days to a week to prepare and hold on to the hope that it might come back with a request for more."
I am also learning that my new thorn-in-the-side is the word, "Intriguing."
Definition: to excite the interest or curiosity of.
Key words being "excite" and "curiosity."
WTH-if that's the definition then maybe these people are looking at the wrong word in the dictionary or it's secret code for "SUCKS."
I don't know but I'm leaning on the latter at this point in the game.
The next rejection in the stack came back within 17 hours of being sent. Almost made it a day on that one. It was nice though. Reminding me that the industry is purely subjective and to keep trying because it only takes one "yes" to start the ball rolling.
It's amazing how many letters are similar in wording. I am starting to wonder if there is a master seminar everyone in the publishing industry goes to that teaches the perfect rejection letter technique. Because clearly so many of them have mastered the skill brilliantly.
Rejections: 13
Queries still Out: 14
I'm not going to give a page update until the next post because I feel like a slacker. Just look at the previous post and know that's where I'm at.
I will be desperately looking for my muse of time this weekend to get back in the swing of things.
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