Yes. My time of rejection has come. I’ve now sent out my book to five literary agents and one publisher. The good news? There are still two literary agents who haven’t rejected my novel yet.I always knew this was how the game played. Every reference book, website and other source I’ve seen has stated that literary agents and publishers reject close to 100% of the manuscripts/queries they get sent. Ouch.
But, as I often remind myself, even bestselling authors were at one point unpublished, and there is an axiom often heard by aspiring authors: there is a word for writers who never give up…published.
So here I am, ready to brave the coming onslaught of form rejection letters. I won’t paper the walls of my house with them, but I am going to keep them – just so I know which unfortunate souls were stupid enough willing to reject my writing.