Sigh.

[fenderlove]

Just got another rejection letter for one of my short stories.

I should have known. Today has been a bad day, and I just knew something else was coming. Is this going to be the story of my life? I just wish I could figure out what I'm doing wrong. I was going to submit a story to Buzzy Multimedia magazine, but I don't think I will now because I'm probably just doing the same things that are getting me rejected elsewhere. I don't even know what those things are! Now I just have another story unworthy of publication to throw on the pile because I have no idea what to do with it. I'll just sit here with my self-pity and my rejected manuscript pile while I contemplate what to do next.

Comments

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry to hear this. But seriously, you have to keep trying. Everyone ends up with a pile of rejection slips at first, and what doesn't appeal to one editor might to another.

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

I guess I need to find more places that will pay for short stories. I've done a lot of internet searches, but I haven't come up with much except self-publish sites. I just have this nagging feeling in my gut that I'm not "getting" something, that I just not writing the right things. I suppose if I amass too many more of these short stories, I should just make an e-book of them and sell it for a few dollars.