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Dealing With Rejection

The stilted language quoted on the page next to this blog comes from an android. We can't blame him for his stiffness; he's only a few years old. He will learn. I gave you this quote from my new novel, tentatively entitled "Robot: A Deadly Romance" to point out that there are different ways to deal with rejection. Sam, the android, reacts in a rather extreme way, intending to kill the woman he loves and her ex-boyfriend, and then "kill" himself. Not the best way to manage the situation. Again, we can't blame him--in his case, it was a matter of junk in, junk out because a bad actor tampered with his input. Nevertheless, rejection is always hard, especially for non-android types like you and me. Authors suffer rejection every time they submit their manuscript to an agent or publisher for consideration. In a perfect world, authors would simply shrug their shoulders and move on to the next prospect. In the real world, rejection is hard for authors, of course, because they have worked long and hard on their novels and believe them to be as good as the authors can make them. How could anyone reject their beloved baby? But authors must find a way to move on and try again, even if they are hurt and discouraged. And now this has happened to me. To be continued.