Reflecting on Rejection...

Today I had the chance to see the pain of rejection from another author's prospective. One of my good friends in the biz who is multi-published received a rejection notice from her editor. Of course, after the first initial shock wore off, she kinda understood what the editor was say and she promptly went to work on fixing the manuscript's issues.

But this got me to thinking about how difficult it is at times to keep going as a writer and even as a published author. We've all been there. You send your precious baby off with such high hopes. You wait. Each day when it gets close to what you suspect will be the time of reckoning , you go to the mailbox with anticipation and trepidation. If you're lucky its a bill. If you're really lucky a request. And then comes the rejection. It sends you back at least ten steps for every single one you've fought hard to gain . There's anger, hurt, tears. Frustration. Loss of confidence. Thoughts of giving up even. But then you think about it and wonder, can anything else I do really fill me up like this?


If you're in it for good, the answer is no. No matter how long it takes. No matter if it never happens. The answer is no, because you can't give it up. It's just as much apart of you and the next breath you take.

As a published author who has had her fair share of the dreaded R letters, I realize even as painful as it is to receive them, they are part of the process. But then, every now and then you receive something different, a contract for publication and it makes it all worth the pain and heartache. Until the next time...but then, welcome to the bumpy world of writing.

All the best...

Mary Eason
http://www.maryeason.com/
Shadow Games - Coming February 2010 to Champagne Books.
He was the love of her life. The father of her child. Now, he's gone missing.