Just saw a post from an author (I forget who, sorry!) talking about not being afraid to celebrate success. I agree but I also think one of the problems with social media is that people only post the good stuff, and it creates an unrealistic narrative. Sharing our failures is just as important. 🧵
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Finding enthusiasm to continue on is hard, but we're doing it.
We need to know how demotivating, depressing, and grueling the query trenches can be.
It will help prepare us as we try to be a part of the #WritingCommunity
Thanks for saying this!
Appreciate the response. Let's be moots! Throw me a follow.
#WritingCommunity
You can see this perhaps most easily when it comes to siblings. (wink) My older brother failing has led me to strive all the harder many times now.
You can learn from anyone.
Grates on me mentally and emotionally.
Get sympathy:you got everything from ppl invalidating, denigrating your experience to ghosting and dropping. So I don’t know.
N'est pas?
Pretty much anything was made so much harder by lockdown, wasn't it, though I do sometimes miss the absolute quiet of some of those mornings. I could hear larks rising in song in a nearby village.
I’m happy for you that you’ve not given up and I wish so much success for you ❤️
Keep going, you’re amazing!
So, I stepped back and said, “What’s important to me? Representation? Or books on shelves?” I decided to attempt self-publishing, and I’m thrilled to say my debut chapter book comes out in December!
People could learn from failures others experience. IMO.
Close call last week, got a full request, but ultimately the same form letter fuck you in the end.
Oops, I mean "rejection"
(Not really)
And no, I'm not some sociopathic narcissist, all quotes and assessments of my work are real.