by Ruth Harris 
on Anne R. Allen’s website:
Rejection can make us want to cry and/or break things but rejection is almost never personal and often has nothing to do with your book, either.
The sting of rejection can be bullied into submission with a can-do, eff-you spirit or maybe chocolate or a few glasses of wine—sometimes consumed together.
Rejection is temporary, a passing storm that helps writers develop the necessary thick skin and confident attitude, but it’s a sense of failure—often intertwined with fear—that can make us want to give up and quit.
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Thanks for sharing this great post. I left a comment on the original post also. 🙂 — Suzanne
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wow, this was a fantastic article and one I really needed to read, right now. Thanks, Chris, for posting. 🙂 🙂
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Welcome, Adele 😀
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Oh, I never feel rejected because there is always something to learn. Life is an adventure and even what may appear, at first, to be not want you may have been looking for, there seems to always be a learning experience, a kind of silver lining and at the very least, it makes you stronger, better, because you know you can do almost anything! Karen 🙂
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Great post – I read it over on-site and commented there. It’s true that a string of rejection letters (or cards, or simply not getting a response) is pretty down-heartening for an author. But it’s part of the business… and writing, if people are serious about being published, IS a business, not an emotionally-engaging pastime. That’s not to say it isn’t emotionally engaging when it’s looked on in a business sense, just that the mind-set has to view it as something more than a hobby.
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