Comments on: Writers Not Going to Clarion West - Rejection http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/ If you're reading this, you're not writing. Obvious but true. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:55:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: editor http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-178 editor Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:11:01 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-178 Thanks, Jim. Yep, it's disappointing like you said you have to keep on at it. I appreciate the comment. Thanks for stopping by! Thanks, Jim. Yep, it’s disappointing like you said you have to keep on at it.

I appreciate the comment. Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Jim Stewart http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-177 Jim Stewart Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:54:02 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-177 Very sorry you did not make it. People can say rejection is just part of writing, but it still sucks hard. And believe me, I know from experience. But however disappointing it is, it's just one person's opinion. We all just have to keep banging our heads against the wall. Good luck in your writing, and good luck next year. Jim Very sorry you did not make it. People can say rejection is just part of writing, but it still sucks hard. And believe me, I know from experience.

But however disappointing it is, it’s just one person’s opinion. We all just have to keep banging our heads against the wall. Good luck in your writing, and good luck next year.

Jim

]]> By: editor http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-143 editor Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:09 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-143 @St. Andrew - Thanks for the recommendation, that's a book I haven't read! @maggie - No doubt. The big thing is to keep plugging away. Thanks! @mallory - Nope, just CW. I looked at the other two and felt that CW was the place I wanted to be most. I know that's putting the eggs in one basket. I might reconsider next year. Yep, you can't take these things personally but it's OK to be a little sad. Nothing wrong with that at all as long as you get back up again! Okie dokie. Lots of exclamation points there... As proof that I am not pathologically cheerful, I offer this video as an accurate portrayal of my current state of mind. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rZQQgvhn4jg&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rZQQgvhn4jg&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> @St. Andrew - Thanks for the recommendation, that’s a book I haven’t read!

@maggie - No doubt. The big thing is to keep plugging away. Thanks!

@mallory - Nope, just CW. I looked at the other two and felt that CW was the place I wanted to be most. I know that’s putting the eggs in one basket. I might reconsider next year.

Yep, you can’t take these things personally but it’s OK to be a little sad. Nothing wrong with that at all as long as you get back up again!

Okie dokie. Lots of exclamation points there…

As proof that I am not pathologically cheerful, I offer this video as an accurate portrayal of my current state of mind.

]]> By: Mallory http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-142 Mallory Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:28:54 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-142 Did you apply to CSD and OD too? If so, have you heard from them - perhaps you are still in the running? Did you apply to CSD and OD too? If so, have you heard from them - perhaps you are still in the running?

]]> By: maggie http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-141 maggie Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:40:45 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-141 I am sorry to hear it, but I really admire your attitude. In terms of being a writer I think it's not just about promise, skill, talent, and luck, but also about being resilient. And well, this sounds like you. Good luck next year! I am sorry to hear it, but I really admire your attitude. In terms of being a writer I think it’s not just about promise, skill, talent, and luck, but also about being resilient. And well, this sounds like you.

Good luck next year!

]]> By: St. Andrew http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-140 St. Andrew Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:24:20 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-140 Same response received here in Iowa City last night via e-mail. I recommend reading "The Resilient Writer" by Catherine Wald--23 authors discuss rejection. There's something about sharing one's "misery" that makes it (a little bit) more bearable. It sounds like you have a good attitude about rejection already--you can't take it personally. Same response received here in Iowa City last night via e-mail. I recommend reading “The Resilient Writer” by Catherine Wald–23 authors discuss rejection. There’s something about sharing one’s “misery” that makes it (a little bit) more bearable. It sounds like you have a good attitude about rejection already–you can’t take it personally.

]]> By: editor http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-139 editor Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:16:38 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/writing-workshops/writers-not-going-to-clarion-west-rejection/#comment-139 After I posted this I noticed that iTunes started playing the most depressing songs in my library. I think I'll go for a walk. :) [I also noticed that I have three smileys now in this post. Definitely going for a walk.] After I posted this I noticed that iTunes started playing the most depressing songs in my library. I think I’ll go for a walk. :)

[I also noticed that I have three smileys now in this post. Definitely going for a walk.]

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