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