REJECTION SLIPS, RESUMES, AND MIDGE THE CAT

[paularubia]

I have received my first rejection from a potential literary agent. Which I was completely prepared for, but it's still, you know, bleh. At least I had a non-threatening, non-panicky experience, as it was a friend of a friend, but now I'm going to have to crack open the Literary Agent's Market and get back to researching people and send stuff out

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[mistersmearcase]

LJ is pretty dead.

Midge makes me think of poor Barbara Bel Geddes (speaking of which, I have Panic in the Streets sitting by the DVD player but I watched 10 minutes of it and may return it.)

I don't quite know how people find jobs. It seems to rely heavily on knowing someone. A time or two I've sent resumes to organizations I wanted to work for and they were received with a stunned enthusiasm mistakable for silence. I did get my first job in New York just by looking at ads and sending a resume, but then that job was completely horrible. My current job I got by knowing someone.

[lonesomenumber1]

I'm still reading here, but not writing. (That is, my previously infinitesimal output has gone to zero.)

[kishenehn]

I'm so sorry to hear about Stella. :/

Midge looks wonderful, though, and it should be all kinds of fun to see how she and Al end up bonding.

And there are still plenty of us here ... but you should start writing again regardless. :)

[paularubia]

Thanks, Mark. :-)