How to Avoid the Rejection Blues
by P.S. Bartlett
Admit it, we’ve all been told no a time or two in our lives. Actually, we’ve probably been told no more times than we’d care to remember but from the time we started telling ourselves yes, for some reason those no’s got even harder and harder to take. When we become adults, we constantly tell ourselves yes because we love ourselves and we want us to be happy. For example;
“Yes, of course I can have that pizza.”
“Yes, I worked hard all week. I deserve that new pocket book.”
“Yes, I’m a grown up now, I can eat ice cream for dinner and chase it with corn chips!”
After all, why would we tell ourselves no anyway? We only tell ourselves no when it’s something we probably don’t want anyway or we have to for health or financial reasons. So the problem with rejection as we grow up is now, we have that big ole ego and we’ve been eating ice cream for dinner and buying new pocket books so we even get a little perturbed when a cab passes by us and doesn’t stop. I know it seems like I’m leading you into the woods here but honestly I’m not. The point I’m trying to make is the only way to overcome the rejection blues is to stop making it all about you.
When we realize that for the most part we are the only people alive who are going to tell us yes again and again and that we have no control over anyone else’s decisions, it’s much easier to move on to the next agent or publisher or taxi cab. Sure, it will still hurt a bit but I’m talking about the difference between a bee sting and being hit by a bus. Unless you’re allergic to bees, there’s a real big difference in how either of those will affect you. When you get that rejection, it’s okay to feel bad. It’s even okay to eat ice cream for dinner if it makes you feel better but when you can accept the fact that it isn’t about you, it’s about the agent or publisher’s personal or business choices and what they are looking for, you’ll do whatever it is you do to feel better and get back to work on the next submission. It also wouldn’t hurt to freshen up that query and get another opinion—just to make sure you’re giving it your all. However, stay true to who you are and stay at it. Not that I’m telling you no but try not to eat ice cream for dinner every night. It really isn’t good for you.
AUTHOR BIO
I was born on Valentine’s Day a long, long time ago in South
Baltimore, Maryland, less than a mile from Fort McHenry and Federal Hill. I’m
the youngest of eleven children. I’m a very simple person. I love my life and
am always striving to make it better for myself and my family. I write, I draw
and I work full-time. I also paint beautiful watercolors with my three year old
granddaughter.I’ve been married for nearly 19 years and together we have
two sons and a daughter. I’d call myself a football fan but I mostly only watch
my home team, the World Champion Baltimore Ravens. I love super heroes and
Superman has been my favorite since I was a little girl. June 2013 the new
Superman movie “Man of Steel” arrives in theaters and it cannot get here soon
enough for me. I love cats and I have a Maine Coon named Columbus.
AUTHOR LINKS
However peculiar Ennis Whelan has been for the first six years of his life, not until the day he found the bird, did the degree of his strangeness become so tangible.
Dr. Owen Whelan and his wife Sarah, both Irish immigrants, have been living the American dream, as well as raising seven bright and expressive children. Their youngest Ennis, however, has since birth, been a bit of a mystery.
Ennis was always small, meek and frightfully odd but there is so much more to him than anyone could have imagined. His sister Teagan grows increasingly suspicious of his behavior but their mother dismisses her claims, until the day he starts healing people.
When Ennis ultimately reveals the gift of sight, he questions his father about visions of his past, including his voyage to America in 1844. Owen prayed he’d never have to share those tragic memories but he will share them, when he realizes he has no choice. Ennis’ life may depend on it.
When Owen Whelan revealed his
secret, he was set free from a haunting past and an uncertain future for his
son, Ennis. However, in order to know the true depths of his heart, first we
must follow him all the way back to a dirt road on a chilly and bitter spring
dawn in Ireland. Behind the locked doors of his memories and hidden beneath
shame, hunger and eventually escape, we learn the true meaning of the proverb,
“There’s hope from the ocean but none from the grave.” Owen’s journey will
teach him that sometimes you have to cross that ocean not only to survive but
to finally find love, life and become the man worthy of your own admiration and
respect.
There are turning points in life
you cannot come back from but if you’re brave enough, you can begin again.
PURCHASE
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