tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post5334430102943035117..comments2024-03-28T05:13:12.886-04:00Comments on QueryTracker Blog: Guest Blogger: Jim Warner-Rejection Blues: Part 2Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771807777617244491noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-66920976937111188362010-07-23T17:41:16.111-04:002010-07-23T17:41:16.111-04:00Great advice Jim. Sometimes hard to follow, but go...Great advice Jim. Sometimes hard to follow, but good and true if you aren't going to give up. I'm so impressed you've written 5 books.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-12613907747145984092010-07-23T04:59:01.041-04:002010-07-23T04:59:01.041-04:00Excellent advice! I fully agree with everything yo...Excellent advice! I fully agree with everything you said and it's fundamental to realize we can always improve...and we can't improve if we give up!<br /><br />One little thing: to fight the blues, it's essential to put DISTANCE between those darned rejections and yourself. It's a matter of safeguarding one's sanity and peace of mind. For me, the way it works best is to IMMERSE myself in my WIP.I'm off into my novel, walking around with my MC and all the other people around him/her, and when the rejection comes, I can look upon it with a certain equanimity...Claude Forthommehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871790739257823515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-83306252979314221232010-07-22T22:22:03.707-04:002010-07-22T22:22:03.707-04:00I've read a lot of posts about rejection ( wri...I've read a lot of posts about rejection ( written a couple myself) and this is one of the best. You give excellent advice. <br /><br />I thought that you and your readers light also like this little bit of balancing humor about the topic.<br /><br />http://publishersearch.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/seven-other-kinds-of-happiness/Tahliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10590148176559001288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-42488958331146161452010-07-22T20:37:36.766-04:002010-07-22T20:37:36.766-04:00You've shamed me. I've looked back at que...You've shamed me. I've looked back at queries and gasped at errors when I thought they were sparkling. And when I read Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, I felt I had no business writing at all. It's a process. We have to keep at it to get better.<br /><br />Great post!Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-35921360023013052822010-07-22T19:09:37.612-04:002010-07-22T19:09:37.612-04:00Jim,
Thank you for these wonderful and inspiring ...Jim,<br /><br />Thank you for these wonderful and inspiring words. These posts go into my file for when the blues come a knockin'. Thank you!<br /><br />ALLIAlli Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363202163419352155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-62008035639501743362010-07-22T14:08:10.935-04:002010-07-22T14:08:10.935-04:00Thanks, Jim, for the great post.
Yeah, apparently...Thanks, Jim, for the great post.<br /><br />Yeah, apparently King's done well without me, too. ;)Stinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-47050889947425543842010-07-22T10:47:30.084-04:002010-07-22T10:47:30.084-04:00Great second part, thank you. How true about those...Great second part, thank you. How true about those readers reading the back blurbs, I do exactly that, and if it doesn't interest me, that book gets put back, no matter who wrote it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-13634039315012156472010-07-22T10:23:59.898-04:002010-07-22T10:23:59.898-04:00Fantastic stuff here. I love how you describe a re...Fantastic stuff here. I love how you describe a reader reading the back of the book and putting it back as a rejection from an agent. Then opening the book a request for a partial and so on. <br /><br />New way to look at things, indeed. <br /><br />Great post. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-81563093279733527912010-07-22T10:13:33.959-04:002010-07-22T10:13:33.959-04:00Great blog and I love your ideas on how to make re...Great blog and I love your ideas on how to make rejection work. I have 11 novels in print, but I'm still working on going to the next step and getting an agent, but I agree with your comments that you have to keep writing and improving. I hope each book I write is better than the last. I'm always open to change.Pat Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824114343214016153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-67764142070021485132010-07-22T09:59:59.478-04:002010-07-22T09:59:59.478-04:00Thank you for an excellent follow-up to yesterday&...Thank you for an excellent follow-up to yesterday's post. I very much liked your bookstore analogy; that's a great way of looking at it.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your insight and personal experiences with us.Jen J. Dannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817943866838270699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-58582126857412713742010-07-22T09:51:56.559-04:002010-07-22T09:51:56.559-04:00Excellent posts, Jim. And they couldn't have c...Excellent posts, Jim. And they couldn't have come at a better time for me. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-11060324999946774052010-07-22T09:45:16.063-04:002010-07-22T09:45:16.063-04:00What a great post! There are a lot of good remind...What a great post! There are a lot of good reminders in here and this is a very motivational message! Thanks!Melissa Sarnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215683401795724259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-54255324270851674822010-07-22T08:57:05.776-04:002010-07-22T08:57:05.776-04:00Good advice, Jim. Love this: "Hone your prose...Good advice, Jim. Love this: "Hone your prose with that sense of inadequacy. Not only will it improve whatever you are working on, you’ll regain that sense of lost control. Use a setback as a tool to make your craft better."<br /><br />Wonderful advice!<br /><br />MartinaMartina Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358736828122139189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454222325290313520.post-18244211331122771202010-07-22T08:12:43.006-04:002010-07-22T08:12:43.006-04:00Yes, thank you Jim for your posts. I have to keep...Yes, thank you Jim for your posts. I have to keep remembering this business is subjective and not everyone will love my work.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.com