Rejection

Part of being a writer is dealing with rejection.  You cannot take it personally.  Most publishers admit in Writer's Market that it often does not reflect the writing.  Going through the publishers, a lot of them only publish two or three books a year.  And they can hundreds of manuscripts daily so a lot of writers will get rejected.  There are lists of how many famous authors had multiple rejections, some of them even by hundreds of publishers.

I just got rejected by two agents.  And I've had multiple short stories I've submitted to magazines that have been rejected.  But I keep trying.  I keep submitting.  I keep writing.  As should anyone who wants to be a serious writer.

Another Book Published

Case Closed - Another day and another book.  This 25-year-old has a completed novel that she is shopping around and is spending time researching and writing her first non-fiction book about her local area of the Poconos.  I put my book on witches on the side burner for now.  I have four books published.  One completed.  And another two that I have started.

The reason?  Writing is my passion.  I somehow graduated college with honors and maintained a part-time job for the past seven years, but I made time for my craft.

If you truly want to write, you'll find a way.  I always here people tell me they can't believe I finished a book and they don't have the time to work on theirs.  To be an author, one must make time.  You have to dedicate yourself to the process.  Even if it's not necessarily the same book.  I have written poems that I have submitted to magazines.  I created a magazine that I distributed  to my co-workers.  And now I have a blog that I am trying to keep up with.

If writing is what you want to do, set aside some time to do it.