QotD: Eleventh time's the charm, I'm sure

Mar 4, 2008 at 6:14 PM
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Or at least that's what I keep telling myself...ten rejections down, I'm ready to send my eleventh query for the fantasy novel. I'm giving myself until March 11th to get it ready. After all, that's when Mercury goes out of retrograde.... Now that I've broken my rejection streak on the short story front, I'm declaring this my new theme song.

Charmed Life

Mick Jagger

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Eleven on the eleventh. That's got to be charmed. :)

Oh, yes indeedy... 11 on the 11th. ;-)

Was thinking about you today, red. Sending you good mojo.

11 is such a nice number. It's like 1 with a buddy. That's got to be good!

Good luck!

Am sending good luck vibeyness your way.

Keep the faith. Another writer webfriend of mine, who faced many, many rejections, just got word that a story of hers will be published in a book. There's a Japanese proverb that says: “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” Keep falling, you're bound to stand up eventually! ;-)

For me, somewhere around 12 to 15 rejections to 1acceptance is the usual ratio. YMMV.

Damn, Mercury's still in retrograde? No wonder I had to take the car back to the shop this week.

My mileage may really fucking vary ;o)
If I am indeed supposed to count my recent acceptance as a 2008 acceptance, then my 2007 short story stats are 27 rejections/27 submissions. My novel query stats, similarly bleak. That's how I know this year has to be better.

QotD: Eleventh time's the charm, I'm sure

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