tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post4820538885698580575..comments2023-10-15T11:23:35.339+01:00Comments on Hawkins Bizarre: The Writing ArchiveAlishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-52247021184519337332008-02-14T20:11:00.000+00:002008-02-14T20:11:00.000+00:00I think the first rejection is the worst - you bui...I think the first rejection is the worst - you build your submission up so much in your mind you're winning prizes and plaudits in your mind for weeks before the standard 'thanks but no thanks' thumps on to the doormat and you feel like a humiliated fool. nothing's ever quite that bad again because, thereafter, you're prepared...Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-75771472620350086652008-02-14T19:33:00.000+00:002008-02-14T19:33:00.000+00:00I think most of us have been through the rejection...I think most of us have been through the rejection grinder more than a few times.<BR/><BR/>But not all of us. And there is nothing sorrier to witness than someone who sells the first manuscript they ever submit, and then has their second manuscript rejected.<BR/><BR/>I can't imagine ever developing a liking for rejection, but I'm grudgingly grateful to have had some. It makes other rejections less of a Life Crisis, and more of "Oh, damn, this again..."<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, though I'm grateful I was exposed to <I>some</I> early rejection, I have to confess I don't think I needed quite such a large helping of it.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-7638747685991332882008-02-14T15:17:00.000+00:002008-02-14T15:17:00.000+00:00It's amazing how long the journey can be isn't it?...It's amazing how long the journey can be isn't it? Shows it was meant to be, if you were finding things from twenty years ago.<BR/><BR/>I posted something similar on my blog a while back, about finding some letters from a local radio station about a play a friend and I had written and sent in, when we were about 11 or 12.<BR/><BR/>And I'm still not published!!! <BR/><BR/>Still writing though. Must be in the blood!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.com