Comments on: Ah, sweet rejection https://lauriethompson.com/2010/03/30/ah-sweet-rejection/ Inspiring and empowering young readers Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:27:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: admin https://lauriethompson.com/2010/03/30/ah-sweet-rejection/#comment-52 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:08:07 +0000 https://lauriethompson.com/?p=418#comment-52 In reply to Adventures in Children’s Publishing.

You betcha! I’ve been a subscriber for quite awhile and would also recommend it highly; it’s well worth the money. In terms of market research and targeting submissions, though, nothing beats Publishers Marketplace, in my opinion.

]]> By: Adventures in Children's Publishing https://lauriethompson.com/2010/03/30/ah-sweet-rejection/#comment-51 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:19:09 +0000 https://lauriethompson.com/?p=418#comment-51 Try QueryTracker.net. For $20 a year, you can search for agents, simplify the research process, see how long they take to respond to others, email them, and then track your submission status by seeing how they are responding to people who submitted after you. Totally fantastic tool. And they have a great tool that lets you sort and filter your queries and submissions so you can see how many submissions you sent, how many queries you sent, how many rejections you received, how many non-responses, etc.

]]> By: Joni https://lauriethompson.com/2010/03/30/ah-sweet-rejection/#comment-50 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:31:34 +0000 https://lauriethompson.com/?p=418#comment-50 In reply to admin.

Yeah! You don’t even need to buy one; how about using one of the 75 free, beautiful-photography paper calendars I seem to get from the Wildlife Federation and so forth? You can buying those little boxes of school stars for almost nothing and give yourself a star for every submission on the day it goes out? Then if you DO get responses, you could put another color star on that day, too.
Or… buy some fun beads and string a bead on a silk lanyard for every submission, another for every rejection. Make a groovy necklace or glasses holder or keychain or whatever from it!
Or… start an Amazon/Powells wish list and put a book on it for every submission. When you get a rejection, you get to go buy one of them. (And B. can use it for other occasions, too.)
At any rate, congrats on the terrific rejection. Those really are big milestones!

]]> By: Anonimous https://lauriethompson.com/2010/03/30/ah-sweet-rejection/#comment-49 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:33:17 +0000 https://lauriethompson.com/?p=418#comment-49 Wow! Liking a rejection? I have not heard of that before!

]]> By: Angelina C. Hansen https://lauriethompson.com/2010/03/30/ah-sweet-rejection/#comment-48 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:15:18 +0000 https://lauriethompson.com/?p=418#comment-48 Hurray for you, Laurie!
Perhaps you could celebrate each submission with a special something (ie. $ or chocolate) in a pretty little jar. Watch that jar fill up and either buy something fabulous for yourself or have a wonderful binge each time the jar fills up. A jar full of possibilities!
Ah…sweet perfectionism. I’m scared to death of submitting, but I remind myself that if I don’t submit the answer is a definite “No”. Each submission puts my work into the realm of “maybe”. Maybe works better than “no” for me. Right now I’ve got a small handful of “maybes” in my figurative jar. It’s nervous-making, but also a happy place.
See you soon!

]]> By: admin https://lauriethompson.com/2010/03/30/ah-sweet-rejection/#comment-47 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:26:58 +0000 https://lauriethompson.com/?p=418#comment-47 In reply to Scotti Cohn.

That’s great, Scotti! I love hearing success stories. =)

]]> By: admin https://lauriethompson.com/2010/03/30/ah-sweet-rejection/#comment-46 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:26:26 +0000 https://lauriethompson.com/?p=418#comment-46 In reply to Chris Eboch.

Thanks, Chris! That’s a good idea. I have a spreadsheet, of course, but somehow that’s just not as visual, or as fun. 😉

]]> By: Scotti Cohn https://lauriethompson.com/2010/03/30/ah-sweet-rejection/#comment-45 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:25:34 +0000 https://lauriethompson.com/?p=418#comment-45 Great post!
Those personalized rejections can be a gold mine. I got one once, made changes based on the feedback, and sold the manuscript to the next place I sent it. (The other place had not invited me to revise and resubmit.)

]]> By: Chris Eboch https://lauriethompson.com/2010/03/30/ah-sweet-rejection/#comment-44 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:24:19 +0000 https://lauriethompson.com/?p=418#comment-44 Maybe you could get a calendar — or Microsoft Office has a way for you to print out calendar pages — and make a note on it every time you send in a submission. Something festive, with stickers? Then you can post it in your office and know you’re making submission progress!
Chris Eboch
Haunted: The Ghost on the Stairs, The Riverboat Phantom and The Knight in the Shadows
Read the first chapters: http://www.chriseboch.com
Write Like a Pro! A Free Online Writing Workshop: http://chriseboch.blogspot.com/

]]> By: admin https://lauriethompson.com/2010/03/30/ah-sweet-rejection/#comment-43 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:00:00 +0000 https://lauriethompson.com/?p=418#comment-43 In reply to Kirby Larson.

Thanks so much for stopping by, Kirby! That’s an excellent idea, although I have a hard time believing you’re still getting any rejections from anyone. 😉
I’ve been wanting to read that book since I first saw it mentioned on your blog–it sounds wonderful. I’ll definitely have to pick it up.

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