Comments on: Rejection Rituals

By: Lee McKenzie

Lee McKenzie — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:53:27 +0000

LOL, Jodie! This cracked me up! You can definitely turn this into a marketing tool. Let’s talk.

By: Daniela Hewson

Daniela Hewson — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:00:15 +0000

What a wonderful letter, Jodie! So far my response to rejection has been a rather pathetic self-pity session, followed by reviewing all my options. i.e. What else can I do with this masterpiece? I decided to keep it on hand as a back up – should my next opus sell. If the editor asks me, “What else do you have?” I can honestly say something. By then, hopefully I’ll have the skill to polish it and bring it up the anyone’s standard. Or am I just dreaming?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:58:34 +0000

I LOVE the letter! What a clever thing to do – and it made me laugh out loud, which is good for my mental state and my immune system!

I’m still working toward the day when my personal tale ends up in one of those anthologies of pain.

You know, “Rachel’s manuscript was rejected by all the top-selling agents and publishers in New York. Now they are all sick that the same manuscript has spent four years on the bestseller lists and she’s being touted for Nobel Prizes for Literature *and* Peace.”