tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193910359201416007.post5016906754016746214..comments2023-09-23T09:41:59.656-06:00Comments on V-Formation: For Any Writer Who's Been RejectedNancy Campbell Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913848272555361205noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193910359201416007.post-54347902507320729522009-08-03T18:17:39.674-06:002009-08-03T18:17:39.674-06:00I needed to hear this tonight as my manuscript was...I needed to hear this tonight as my manuscript was rejected today. And this wasn't my first rejection but the first rejection of this particular essay.I don't want to self publish (fine for others) but, for me I want my manuscript to be accepted by some major publishing house)<br />I am using the letter to mop up my tears. Thanks for what appeared as just the perfect antidote to rejection!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193910359201416007.post-41619708695432846592009-06-10T15:22:28.198-06:002009-06-10T15:22:28.198-06:00Val, I'm one of those who owes you so much bec...Val, I'm one of those who owes you so much because, in rejecting my first manuscript (which was pretty dreadful, I admit), you gave me some pointers which led to my finally getting Haven published. Your post was excellent, thanks so much.Anna Buttimorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14559142770865747131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193910359201416007.post-21045405461502156292009-06-10T12:41:50.039-06:002009-06-10T12:41:50.039-06:00Thanks, Val. I have read your post over several ti...Thanks, Val. I have read your post over several times. It is very appropriate at the moment.Gale Searshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176214169369765831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193910359201416007.post-34914867022927442622009-06-10T05:37:05.292-06:002009-06-10T05:37:05.292-06:00I have collected quite a few impressive autographs...I have collected quite a few impressive autographs through the years, compliments of rejection letters. ;) They'll be worth a mint someday. =D<br /><br />Great post, Val.Cheri J. Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07956409422368334793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193910359201416007.post-73156143541158488002009-06-09T13:03:02.184-06:002009-06-09T13:03:02.184-06:00I've got a scrapbook filled with ten years wor...I've got a scrapbook filled with ten years worth of rejections and I'm very proud of it!<br /><br />Great post, Val! Glad there's not a letter from you in there with all those posts. You were "THE" one who finally ended all of that for me.Michele Ashman Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14659040170111203879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193910359201416007.post-70728561055462490822009-06-09T00:07:07.902-06:002009-06-09T00:07:07.902-06:00We (several authors)just discussed this with the k...We (several authors)just discussed this with the kids at THE Teen Writers Conference on Saturday, and many of us shared stories of being in the right place, at the right time, and having a book that crossed the right editor's desk at the right time of day when the moon was full and Haley's comet was approximately so many miles from the sun...<br /><br />Much of publishing is timing and luck. Talent usually floats around in there somewhere, too. ;-)Nancy Campbell Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14913848272555361205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193910359201416007.post-61746357450633093762009-06-08T19:44:09.895-06:002009-06-08T19:44:09.895-06:00There are a lot of good manuscripts that are rejec...There are a lot of good manuscripts that are rejected, some are rejected for reasons other than quality of writing, some deserve to be rejected, but what I've never quite figured out is why some really awful books get published and some of them even hit high sales numbers. Taste accounts for some of that, but not all.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15623353613539928215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193910359201416007.post-44490707072262625802009-06-08T19:08:48.809-06:002009-06-08T19:08:48.809-06:00Count me on the list of authors you had to reject ...Count me on the list of authors you had to reject multiple times--but you encouraged me to keep going. I did, and finally made it shortly after you left the company. Six books under my belt with a seventh and eighth due next year!<br /><br />Booyah!Annette Lyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493583432919249814noreply@blogger.com