| I quit. After one too many rejection
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| | again on a regular basis. Writing is
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| letters, I'd had enough. I marched into
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| | habit I can't break, no matter how hard
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| my office, gathered
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| | I try.Another rejection arrived in my
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| up all the paper copies of my
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| | mailbox yesterday. This time there was a
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| manuscripts, tossed them into a raging
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| | hand written note on
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| fire, and cried.Cried! Heck, I sobbed so
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| | the side of the standard form letter.
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| hard I gave myself a wicked case of the
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| | It read, "You are a very talented writer,
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| hiccups.Not my finest moment but one
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| | and I know you
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| that, if you're a writer, you've probably
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| | will sell this manuscript. It's just
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| experienced at some
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| | not for me. Keep trying."Today, I mailed
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| point. Even if you didn't respond to
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| | my first query since I officially quit
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| your feelings of despair with a
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| | writing. I walked to the mailbox with
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| manuscript bonfire, you
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| | the
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| probably had the same thoughts of, why
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| | reverence of a mourner at a funeral.
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| exactly do I do this?For my part, I vowed
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| | When I opened the mouth of the blue
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| that this was the end. I would never
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| | postal box, I
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| write again and I would never send
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| | hesitated and wondered if I really
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| my existing manuscripts to another
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| | wanted to put myself through all this
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| editor or agent. I'd wasted too much
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| | again. Then I
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| postage, money, time,
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| | remembered one of my favorite sayings by
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| sweat, and tears on a dream.This, my
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| | Korczak Ziolkowski, the sculptor who
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| friends, is a dark, lonely place to be.
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| | created the
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| Never had I felt such coldness in my
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| | Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota:
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| heart.Over the next few weeks, I learned
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| | "When the dreams end, there is no more
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| something about myself; I am a writer.
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| | greatness."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Stacy Verdick
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| It's impossible for
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| | Case is the owner of a store that offers
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| me not to write, despite my strong
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| | quality custom designed products for
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| conviction to the contrary.Story ideas,
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| | writers of all genres. Stacy invites
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| characters, even scenes flooded into my
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| | you to visit her store and sign up for
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| head unbidden. What did I do with these
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| | her free monthly ezine that offers
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| snippets? Wrote them down like the
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| | writing tips to help keep you on track.
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| trained monkey I am.Soon, I was writing
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