Publishers are dumb. One of my friend's husbands used to work for one in NYC, and he found their decision-making process very frustrating. I hope you can find a good one in 2009!
Congrats on the public reading and on the new kitty. (Do we get to see a picture?)
"A Wrinkle In Time" was rejected 26 times. You're not even in the ballpark of giving up hope!
On a related note my old boss (a female, not so lovable, version of Michael from the Office), wrote an e-mail Friday, explaining that she had written four children's books and needs an illustrator. She wants someone to illustrate the whole first book "on spec" (this isn't how "spec" works, but to her it means doing an ass-load of work and not getting paid a cent). As usual she thinks we should be falling over ourselves to do it. Oh and of course, she needs it done immediately. She left over a year ago and we keep track of the number of minutes it takes to mention how fucked up she was, or something that she fucked up and we're still dealing with.
What I'm trying to say is, if you give up and she gets published I'm gonna kick your ass (probably figuratively, but it's gonna hurt).
{{{{{{{{hug}}}}}}} Thanks for the encouragement! But yeah, there's no WAY I'm giving up. Giving up is not an option. You know how some people have always wanted kids or have had a deep-seated dream to live in Europe, or run for political office --not that I'm comparing kids to being city councilman, but I don't really want either of those and I'm trying to think of something that people can want for a long time, like deep down in their bones-- well I really REALLY want to be an active, publishing poet. It's been my dream since writing those dorky essays that you have to write in fifth grade about your hopes for the future, etc
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Congrats on the public reading and on the new kitty. (Do we get to see a picture?)
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On a related note my old boss (a female, not so lovable, version of Michael from the Office), wrote an e-mail Friday, explaining that she had written four children's books and needs an illustrator. She wants someone to illustrate the whole first book "on spec" (this isn't how "spec" works, but to her it means doing an ass-load of work and not getting paid a cent). As usual she thinks we should be falling over ourselves to do it. Oh and of course, she needs it done immediately. She left over a year ago and we keep track of the number of minutes it takes to mention how fucked up she was, or something that she fucked up and we're still dealing with.
What I'm trying to say is, if you give up and she gets published I'm gonna kick your ass (probably figuratively, but it's gonna hurt).
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