Rejection Sucks

     As a writer I spend a lot of my time in a make-believe land.  Sometimes that land feels very safe and lulls you to sleep.  Sometimes you feel so secure in that make-believe land that it is easy to forget that there is a very real land waiting for you when you get back.  A harsh reality that is waiting to slap some sense back into you.  Many times that slap comes in the form of rejection.  I recently received a rejection email.  I thought my first few form letters with rubber-stamped signatures felt insulting, but an email? Really? I know we are high-tech and all, but I thought at least puncturing a hole in my dreams and aspirations was still done in a much more personal manner.  The funny thing was that this email came on the same day that I got an email from a certain major online book selling retailer which informed me that my novel had not made it past the first round in their contest.  To add insult to that injury I continued to get emails informing me of who had moved further toward their dreams.
     This is the life I signed up for though.  It is what I have wanted my whole life and whether I continue to get clobbered by rejection I know damned well that I'll keep coming back for more.  Maybe I'm just a sucker for punishment.  Or maybe I just believe in myself enough to know that one day I will break through and all the rest of this will have just been the first steps on that major journey.  Thanks for reading.