I'll get those last three rejections!

Alright, it's August. I don't have an excuse anymore. I need those last three rejections. Collecting rejections isn't a bad thing.

I hear from people. Isn't collecting rejections a bad thing? Isn't it bad to talk about wanting rejections. but the thing is, the more I send the stories out, the more I expect a rejection, the harder I will work to get that much better. I'll work harder each and every time. Getting a rejection is a validation for me that I've been sending out my stories and doing the right thing. How is that bad?

Given that, I have three more rejections to fill my quota for the year. I have to say that as I get more rejections in a year my writing seems to be far better than anything I've written in the previous year. I can see a lot more differences. Maybe I should increase my quota of rejections.

I also found the more people who share in your passion of getting a rejection, the less daunting it is to send things out. The less fear you have and the easier it is to just get that manuscript out there.

I have a story up to par enough to get rejected three times by the end of the year. It's not a crappy story, but to hope that I can get the rejections I need to reach my quota make it appealing. I do wonder if I sound nuts though and this post is going to come back to haunt me later.

I celebrate rejections

I heard that if you aren't getting rejections, you aren't submitting. Maybe its guilt, but I've sent out three stories within two weeks. I've been working on two novels at the same time--polar opposites of each other. I may as well do something productive before my trip to Asia.

I really have an urge to podcast one, but I need to finish it first.