Mope and Surrender

First, my mope: My Silhouette Desire manuscript got rejected yesterday. Via form letter. After 10 months. And my name was spelled wrong on the rejection. I had been telling everyone that even if it got rejected, I’d still feel ok because it got to a second read-through and that means it wasn’t total crap… But I don’t feel ok. I’m sad. But it did get a second read-through and it is the longest time a rejection has ever taken. I’m just going to keep telling myself that.

Now, my surrender: Nanowrimo kicked my butt this year. Ok, well, life kicked my butt and Nanowrimo got pushed to the side. And I’m kind of ok with that, actually. I’m not going to mope about it, because this year in November, I started a new job, hosted Thanksgiving dinner, got the bulk of my Christmas shopping done, and generally remained sane throughout. This would not have been possible had I attempted Nanowrimo with any sort of gusto. Next year.

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