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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Dealing with rejection

Rejection is part of life--from the moment you're the last kid picked for the kickball team, to the crush you had on that guy who asked out your best-friend instead.

It's ironic that writers tend to be hypersensitive people and the moment we try and get our work into the hands of publishers, we are met with a stream of seemingly non-stop rejection.

Of course this has never happened to me having been the captain of my highschool's cheerleading team, valedictorian, prom queen, and best-selling novelist (I write under a pen name, shh), but for the rest of you sorry saps, here's a link with some tips for dealing with the insecurities that come along with criticism and rejection.


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2 comments:

  1. LOLOLOLOL

    That's okay fellow sorry saps, you can all hang out on my blog where we'll have a great pity party and bemoan how no one recognizes our genius.

    Camy

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  2. I'll definately read this! I'm such an approval seeker and often wonder if it's a writer-thing. Why would God make the creative types so sensitive? Yes, He knows what He's doing..

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