Third Time's a Charm?
November 6, 2009Today I sucked up my courage and, after feeling like I was a complete hack for a month (or was it two?), sent off Rogue Wolf for the third time. If I get another rejection on this piece, I'll be carting it off to my critique group.
Rejection isn't easy to handle. I thought I was prepared to deal with it after getting so many rejections on my flash and short stories, but something in that last one for Rogue Wolf really hit me hard. I'm emotional, I know this, and maybe it's a personality thing. I sat around and licked my wounds and... now I'm ready to face the publishing world again. Hopefully my next rejection will be easier to swallow, since I know it's ridiculous to let something get to me like that instead of doing what I need to do and moving on to the next market.
What else have I been up to? Not a lot of writing related things, that's for sure. I've done loads of leisure writing, but nothing remotely serious since my last update. That is, of course, until November started!
I'm now part way into writing chapter three of The Lost Prince, my NaNoWriMo novel this year. At first everything felt kind of stilted and... lame. I was worried I'd lost my touch. But! Now, on day six, I feel like I'm really getting into a groove with this story. It's a light, fantasy romance, which means it's a far cry from the usually angst laden stories I write. But it's having the desired effect: I'm having fun with it and not stressing out about it, outside of daily word count goals to keep me on track for the competition.
I haven't sent out any submissions in the last couple months either, but I am still waiting to hear back on a short story and a flash piece that have been out for a while. As usual I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for the best!
Tags: nanowrimo, submission, rejection, writing, rogue wolf, the lost prince.
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