At least you can then send your stories out to the next market - I was too chicken to send "The 400k" out to F&SF, and now I've got to cool my heels for at least another freaking six weeks while it sits in slush at Asimov's. The wait is KILLING me. I'd rather just have the bandage ripped right off, no matter how much it hurts. :)

Hey, I know where you're coming from with the F&SF rejections. I had 3 in a row make it to Gordon over the summer. This was followed by a couple of "didn't grabs" from JJA. You never can tell. You can always set fire to those rejection letters if it makes you feel better. It's one way to keep warm in this season too.

Sarah

I know how you feel. I've gotten three rejections in the last week or so. I'm good for one or two, but the third one in a week starts to get to me. Which is better than it was this time last year. Maybe next year I'll be able to handle four or five rejections in a week.

Yep, I prefer the 8-day rejection over the 14-week and counting treatment I'm getting at Asimovs! It's more than a bandage being ripped off it's a foot long piece of duct tape being sloooowly peeled.

Someday we'll all trade stories about our giant piles of rejection letters and laugh! We'll tell these stories so the youngsters just starting out won't get disheartened.

*manhug*