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My first rejection letter.
I've just received my first rejection letter.
Thanks a lot for your submission to xxx - unfortunately it wasn't selected for publication in this instance.
Thanks again for taking the time to submit, and best of luck with your writing in the future.
Well, I didnt want to publish my story with them anyway. *goes away in a huff*
Anyway I think this calls for a celebration. It proof of being a writer, isn't it? Shall we have some champagne?
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Liz, I'll blow a raspberry duet with you in their direction.
Cheers, m'dears! Bottoms up and all that mullarkey!!
Although they smart a bit, rejections don't actually hurt, so dust yourself down, enjoy that virtual Champers, and work out where you're going to send your work next. Good luck!
What's wrong with the real stuff, I have to ask?
Cheers and commiserations, StF - definitely frame it. I couldn't fit mine in a frame - I'd need an album.
:D
There will never be another 'first' rejection letter again. :)
Seeing the positives side is the best way for us writers to approach these things - and there's nowt negative about enjoying a good old glass of bubbly. Well, apart from the hangover if you forget to stop at one. :)
I was much, much older than you before I received that first great accolade.
There will be many more of those to come (unless you give up, which of course you won't) BUT in amongst them there will be the occasional shining gem of an acceptance and the previous rejections will crumble into dust.
Well said, Betsie
Join the club, StF - Hic!
The first short story I sent to a publisher was rejected. I sent them another a year later and it was included in an anthology for young adults - so it is worth having a thick skin.