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I am the proud owner of my first rejection letter. The novel that I have been working on for over a year, all the editing and revisions, the snatched moments of time between work and family life to get this story out of me, was dismissed within four short hours of sending out my query letter. “While your project is interesting, I don’t think it is right for us at this time,” was the swift response I received from the agent. So how do you deal with rejection?
Okay, so I am disappointed, I mean really disappointed, but I refuse to get discouraged. It is only the first one, right? I was prepared for this, at least I thought I was. Also, I have to give the agent credit for taking the time to send me a response back. Sure it is not what I had hoped to hear, but I am thankful for the simple courtesy shown in giving me a straightforward answer. How many writers have sent out a letter or manuscript into the void without ever hearing anything back? So far I have sent out a query letter, some including a requested synopsis, to six agents. One down, so make that five now! If the others also come back as rejections, or no word one way or the other, I will revamp my query letter and try again. I will keep y’all updated!
I’m in the same boat! Just got a couple, actually. Keep your head up! 🙂
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Thank you so much for your encouraging words, Morgan! And good luck on your work. Fingers crossed for you!
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Oof, 4 hours. That’s tough. I’m sorry to hear that!
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Yeah it was pretty quick! But I still have 7 other letters out there that I am waiting to hear back from. My fingers are crossed!
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As a committed collector of rejection letters, I can tell you that getting rejected quickly is much preferable to waiting or weeks or months only to get that form letter. If I’m gonna get rejected, I’d like to know as soon as humanly possible, thank you very much. But, hey, you’ve got the first rejection under your belt, and you survived. Congrats. Rejections are like scars; they just make you tougher. 😉
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Thanks so much for your encouraging words, Aeryn. Got 2 more in last week! I love the analogy you made with the letter and scars. And I thought the hard part was writing the book!! Querying definitely has that beat:)
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