Rejection

I got my second rejection from an agent today. I am writing this here not for pity, but to record for myself, and for anyone else who undertakes some project with both fear, faith and passion, that this is what it was like. It hurt. The agent's rejection only made it worse because i LIKED her rejection. Her insights were sharp, and true, and I will use them. But I wanted that person's eye and intelligence on my work. But as my friend Meg said over a beer on Saturday night, I'm turning this around, Hilary. Let's see how many rejection letters we can collect by the end of the year. That is just part of the process.