tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post7201614824627369570..comments2023-10-22T02:01:27.914-07:00Comments on All About Growing up and Becoming a Famous Author: With Great Querying Comes Great RejectionsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12146136846875431598noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-25589144403761716672016-11-16T15:03:24.757-07:002016-11-16T15:03:24.757-07:00Thanks! Still pushing through until I get a "...Thanks! Still pushing through until I get a "yes" from someone.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146136846875431598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-52034413627132959222016-11-16T15:02:03.136-07:002016-11-16T15:02:03.136-07:00Thank you! And I think I agree with you. It feels ...Thank you! And I think I agree with you. It feels like about 30% slammin' query, 70% perseverance (and coffee). Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146136846875431598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-73863799344373856532016-11-16T15:01:11.561-07:002016-11-16T15:01:11.561-07:00That's definitely one of the hard parts! I'...That's definitely one of the hard parts! I'm always keeping an eye on journal and competition submission periods.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146136846875431598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-81779698480528971242016-11-16T14:59:04.342-07:002016-11-16T14:59:04.342-07:00Thank you Lynda!Thank you Lynda!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146136846875431598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-917952791888823632016-11-16T14:58:08.214-07:002016-11-16T14:58:08.214-07:00Oooh, good call, my fingers need to get back to th...Oooh, good call, my fingers need to get back to the keyboard too. *Toes up*<br />Thanks Sandra!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146136846875431598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-19092737697480405232016-11-16T14:57:44.857-07:002016-11-16T14:57:44.857-07:0020 years of hard work and dedication that ultimate...20 years of hard work and dedication that ultimately led to your goal -- that's definitely perseverance! And also a good reminder to keep going.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146136846875431598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-78633706244959251152016-11-15T11:38:59.048-07:002016-11-15T11:38:59.048-07:00Wow! Your novel and your short stories sound aweso...Wow! Your novel and your short stories sound awesome! Best wishes on all of your writing and querying!Tyrean Martinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356604721537744361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-55538603895544778262016-11-15T04:54:04.968-07:002016-11-15T04:54:04.968-07:00Well, I'm wowed by your query and the tag line...Well, I'm wowed by your query and the tag lines for your shorts! The last time I queried was two summers ago...and yup, took up the whole summer. And ended with allllmost good news, but then...no. Nope. No. Nuh-uh. Best of luck to you! I do agree that all it takes is a great query and perseverance. Maybe more the perseverance.... :) Christyerica and christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074820593371226159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-32050154401586778502016-11-14T15:36:40.847-07:002016-11-14T15:36:40.847-07:00Querying does take up so much time. Best wishes fo...Querying does take up so much time. Best wishes for you.Lynda R Young as Elle Cardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975442291393246148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-13568424198892550212016-11-13T03:48:41.417-07:002016-11-13T03:48:41.417-07:00Good luck with your submissions. I have several sh...Good luck with your submissions. I have several short stories out in competitions - the problem with that is the amount of time it takes to hear anything. One of the comps doesn't announce until May next year!Annalisa Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943610814274794998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-68851005901777121912016-11-12T17:38:23.096-07:002016-11-12T17:38:23.096-07:00No queries for me at the moment....thank goodness....No queries for me at the moment....thank goodness. grin.<br />Toes crossed for you (fingers firmly planted on the keyboard).Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-51348766633133224572016-11-11T17:52:33.194-07:002016-11-11T17:52:33.194-07:00Okay, I wrote my first novel in 1995 or so. I was ...Okay, I wrote my first novel in 1995 or so. I was writing romance back then and I amassed a fairly good stack of rejections. I wrote for seven years and totally stressed over the fact that it was taking so long. Other authors would say, "It took 7 years to get published" and I was approaching 7 years and freaking out. Then my personal live went into turmoil and I went through a divorce. I stopped writing (but found blogging and built a readership on MySpace as a blogger). In 2007, when I picked up writing novels again, I realized that all that stress about how long it was taking and how many rejections I'd gotten didn't make one bit of a difference. Today I tell people it took me 20 years to get published and they gasp. But I don't see it as a failure--I see it as perseverance.Stephanie Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-42765993605954588072016-11-11T15:07:14.348-07:002016-11-11T15:07:14.348-07:00I know it's difficult for agents and literary ...I know it's difficult for agents and literary journals to take the time to reply with encouraging rejections because of how many submissions they tend to get, but it really is nice when one happens to roll in.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146136846875431598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-77773999826241605652016-11-11T15:06:25.957-07:002016-11-11T15:06:25.957-07:00I don't think many of us realized just how muc...I don't think many of us realized just how much time querying takes up before we really go into it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146136846875431598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-21112632935413307652016-11-11T13:06:21.723-07:002016-11-11T13:06:21.723-07:00I'm not querying anything right now, but rejec...I'm not querying anything right now, but rejection is painful; I think it's partly because our writing is so personal to us and almost becomes a part of us in a way. I did get an encouraging rejection letter once, which gave me hope and motivation to try again. Neurotic Workaholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775298184138766683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806857505748528954.post-4162438408496822372016-11-11T12:22:46.757-07:002016-11-11T12:22:46.757-07:00I'm querying with 3 partial/fulls out. It does...I'm querying with 3 partial/fulls out. It does take up time. S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.com