Yay! I got my first rejection letter.

[Spectacular Sameth]

I know, it sounds odd that I'm being cheerful about getting rejected, but hear me out: I sent out about 7 in the past month and only one of the 7 came back, which means that at least SOMEONE is paying attention to me. That wasn't even the oldest query letter I sent out, either.

[Wizwad]

Well done, Sameth!  Keep up the good work. 

[konstantine23]

Congrats!

[meg_evonne]

I know, it sounds odd that I'm being cheerful about getting rejected,

Great attitude!  Love it. I sent three out last December to my top favorite agents so I could claim that the best had turned me down!   

[meg_evonne]

Congrats!

Nice avatar konstantine

[tagnizkur]

Makes me want to start sending out so I can get rejected at to... 

[cephis]

man, I had a thought, Male writers must get laid, they are used to rejection, perhaps not.
Good for you Samath!

[hkjakkie]

Congratulations!

[Spectacular Sameth]

man, I had a thought, Male writers must get laid, they are used to rejection, perhaps not.
Good for you Samath!

The odds of a male writer getting laid are about the same as the odds of getting an acception letter.

[konstantine23]

Not with the writers I knew....lol.

[meg_evonne]

Makes me want to start sending out so I can get rejected at to... 

caution :-)  On a website I found out that one agent was looking for a large historic novel.  As a whim, I sent it off with my three sci fi queries I was sending to agents.  I got bounced back quickly on the sci fi.  The rejection on the monster historic novel took forever!  I sweated it daily ,as the work is a huge chaotic mess that is so far from sending out.  The longer it got, the shorter I chewed my nails.

Thankfully a great deal later, I got the rejection letter I expected all along.  It was lovely and they told me that they had decided to go with a published author wanting to break into a new field.  The sweat and worry wasn't worth it.  Plus I felt that I was misrepresenting myself and my work to the agent.  I vowed to never, ever send a query on a whim for something that I'd be embarrased to send in if requested..

So send in, but beware they might actually want to SEE it!  It would be horrid to get a request and then look unprofessional by explaining it wasn't ready.  :-) 

[tagnizkur]

caution :-)  On a website I found out that one agent was looking for a large historic novel.  As a whim, I sent it off with my three sci fi queries I was sending to agents.  I got bounced back quickly on the sci fi.  The rejection on the monster historic novel took forever!  I sweated it daily ,as the work is a huge chaotic mess that is so far from sending out.  The longer it got, the shorter I chewed my nails.

Thankfully a great deal later, I got the rejection letter I expected all along.  It was lovely and they told me that they had decided to go with a published author wanting to break into a new field.  The sweat and worry wasn't worth it.  Plus I felt that I was misrepresenting myself and my work to the agent.  I vowed to never, ever send a query on a whim for something that I'd be embarrased to send in if requested..

So send in, but beware they might actually want to SEE it!  It would be horrid to get a request and then look unprofessional by explaining it wasn't ready.  :-) 

Truthfully, i wouldn't even know were to begin.  The publishers I have worked with are small time magazines and friends of friends... 

[Spectacular Sameth]

I got a second one. Surprisingly it's from the same date as the other one I sent. Why are the more recent ones sending the rejections first? Is the silence of the previous ones rejections or just busy agents?

[meg_evonne]

One agent implied that the agents tend to drop to nothing and don't work through Aug, starting fresh in Sept.  Maybe they are on vacation? Or getting kids into schools, etc?