tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post5917933273028345528..comments2024-03-10T00:27:43.883-08:00Comments on <center>Aimee L. Salter</center>: Rejection & FameAimeeLSalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17763596557256341788noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-40717573521726722512011-12-09T14:45:52.486-08:002011-12-09T14:45:52.486-08:00Yes . . . publishing a discouraging world to say t...Yes . . . publishing a discouraging world to say the least and it's great to hear about those who made it into the big time despite rejection. My first novel attracted a pile of rejection slips an inch high and was eventually published by Random House after it won third prize in a New Idea/Random House fiction competition (I may well have been the "token male" who entered an action thriller in a women's mag competition!). Interestingly, some years later, when I had two novels "ready to go" and was pitching myself as "an award-winning published author now writing full time," I couldn't get a publisher or agent to even read my work. The rejection slips had become far less encouraging and were now all "form letters/emails".<br />I eventually went the self-publishing and digital route (very unsuccessfully as I'm hopeless at marketing myself). Such is life!Ian Wynnehttp://www.ianwynne.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-52675704510337555412011-11-20T13:56:54.664-08:002011-11-20T13:56:54.664-08:00Such an awesome post! The main thing I take from t...Such an awesome post! The main thing I take from this is a re-affirmation that writing and reading are such subjective experiences. What one person loves others will hate and vice versa. So just because you get negative feedback, that doesn't mean you're a bad writer, it just means you haven't found the right reader (of course that doesn't mean you should stick your fingers in your ears and ignore all negative feedback either!). :-)Cally Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313803959936813426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-72076742002391817482011-11-19T12:04:26.982-08:002011-11-19T12:04:26.982-08:00Elizabeth - That is exciting! Keep in touch and le...Elizabeth - That is exciting! Keep in touch and let us know how you fare.<br /><br />Lorelei - That's sobering! But such an encouragement to know you've reached that goal. Gives us all hope :)Aimee L. Salterhttp://www.aimeelsalter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-18899227422883075112011-11-19T08:17:49.063-08:002011-11-19T08:17:49.063-08:00Thse are good ones. I was once told by an agent th...Thse are good ones. I was once told by an agent that vampire novels were hard to sell...and yet Anne Rice was doing a bang up job at that time. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a popuar show at that time. But, I didn't give up, a dozen or so years later I've pubished my first vampire novel and second one is about to come out. I've perservered for over 30 years and I don't know how many rejections. People who want to write need to know you will go through a lot of bad, low times.Lorelei Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03294047277447613989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-51645593335724826572011-11-19T07:55:13.658-08:002011-11-19T07:55:13.658-08:00Now this - this is crazy inspiring. Thanks, Anne!!...Now this - this is crazy inspiring. Thanks, Anne!! And thanks, Aimee, for hosting! :)Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846251713093236356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-67628415338849113052011-11-19T05:48:09.364-08:002011-11-19T05:48:09.364-08:00Love this post as I am finishing up my first novel...Love this post as I am finishing up my first novel and writing my query letter. I am not scared, yet excited to begin this part of the process. Bring it, publishers! ;)Elizabeth Ragohttp://www.elizabethrago.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622477097361465.post-62849574370717015852011-11-18T21:10:31.108-08:002011-11-18T21:10:31.108-08:00Thanks for the advice. ^_^ It's always refresh...Thanks for the advice. ^_^ It's always refreshing to see that struggling for an acceptance doesn't make you a failure. Publishing can be such a stressful process.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610184057896951494noreply@blogger.com