What should I do now? Can anyone lend me a spatula?
~Sheena
Posted by extrinsic (Member # 8019) on :
Frame it and hang it on the wall as a start of a trophy display, as a badge of honor.
Posted by Kitti (Member # 7277) on :
Buy a memory box to start saving them in. While you're out, also get more stamps and send that story right back out again! (Unless you got a personalized rejection with feedback?)
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
Congrats! No, I mean that, congrats. It means you submitted and that is the first step on getting published.
I second extrensic, frame it.
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
Well done!
I have mine in a file. Too many frames on my wall already.
Keep going and don't fret. You are on your way!
Posted by JamieFord (Member # 3112) on :
Congrats! If you're not getting rejected you're not finishing and you're not submitting. Now keep submitting, keep working...
Posted by babooher (Member # 8617) on :
My uncle used to sell insurance door to door. When he heard I wanted to write, he shared something with me. He said that if you ask enough people, eventually somebody will agree to buy anything. So each "no" brings you one step closer to finding your "yes." Good job getting closer to finding your "yes!"
Posted by Bent Tree (Member # 7777) on :
ahhhh...I'll never forget my first. I am proud of you.
Posted by Merlion-Emrys (Member # 7912) on :
My reaction is, wow, you've been here and writing this long and only now got your first?
I'm up to around 250 or so.
Send that right back out, and submit more stuff!
Posted by Dark Warrior (Member # 8822) on :
You are officially a writer! I got my first one a few weeks back. I am determined to get rejection letters from all the finest publications, and two not so fine ones.
Posted by Foste (Member # 8892) on :
Congratulations!
And I am not being sarcastic.
Many published authors have about a few hundred of those things. Just keep submitting. Later, once you get published, you'll look at your first rejection letter and just smile .
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
You get used to it. I'm well over a thousand, not counting poetry---I lost count long ago.
Somewhere I've still got the first one I ever got, way back when. Form letter from Analog...and printed on a much nicer grade of paper than they or the other two of the Big Three put out these days.
Posted by shimiqua (Member # 7760) on :
Thanks people! I've been researching a bit and just sent the story out to a zine that I think fits better.
Here's hoping. I currently have 2 stories in slush plies somewhere, and by the end of this week hope to have a third.
You're right ME. It's about time I stopped being a chicken and just started submitting. It's not as hard as I thought it would be.
~Sheena
Posted by satate (Member # 8082) on :
Yay Sheena!
Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
Ayyy! You broke your cherry! Congratulations! And you did the right thing: you chose a better looking market.
Posted by BoredCrow (Member # 5675) on :
::hugs Sheena::
I have a list of markets that fit each story. I'm constantly updating it, so that when I get another rejection (like I did yesterday :P), I just send it right back out again.
Posted by aspirit (Member # 7974) on :
Did anyone else envision IB dressed as an old woman, sitting in a rocking chair, and grinning like a fool when he said, "You broke your cherry"?
Sheena, congratulations on progressing as a writer.
Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
Wow. It was a line from Goodfellas, only modified to my needs.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Gee, that's not what I took the line to refer to...
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