SiteGood Hump Day Advice
Novelist and magazine writer Allison Winn-Scotch posted some terrific advice today at Ask Allison for newbie freelancers. And may I say, it’s great advice for those of us who’ve been around the block and back again. I laughed when I read, “I honestly couldn’t give two figs if a pitch or an article gets rejected. Their loss, I think.” It’s the way I think, too, although I always love hearing a yes (and I’m sure Allison does too). But if an editor doesn’t want to buy what I have to sell, I have no time or patience to get my Spanx in a twist about it. Besides, there are plenty of other things in life to wail about — quarterly taxes, endless rewrites, slow-to-pay clients, etc. Rejection letters are cakewalks!
You’re not buying that? Well, head on over to Zen Habits and read an excellent post about how to change your thinking about bad stuff like rejections. Leo writes:
“Life deals out its blows, and leaves us discouraged, angry, frustrated, depressed, drained. And once we’re in that bad place, in a mood where we just don’t care about anything, it’s pretty hard to get out of it. But let me share a little secret to happiness and self-improvement here: all that stuff? It’s just in your head.”
I couldn’t agree more. [db]
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Toni
Said this on March 5th, 2008 at 2:03pm:What does it say about my personality that the Spanx reference was my favorite thing about this post?
Jenn Hollowell
Said this on March 5th, 2008 at 4:09pm:I remember when I used to get wound up to the point of not wanting to be a writer anymore each time I was rejected. Then, after awhile, I started networking and realized it was as common as sneezing, itching, and getting the hiccups . . . no one likes it, we deal with it in the moment, we get over it, and then we move on until it happens again . . . rinse, repeat . . .
Kate Gordon
Said this on March 12th, 2008 at 8:30pm:“Nobody died” is my catchcry. If I stuff up, who cares? I’m not a brain surgeon, so nobody died!