Loose Change

Tracking rejections

A fellow writer, upon reading my first day's worth of entries, asked if I was planning on tracking rejections as well as acceptances.  I don't plan to do so.  It would be a depressing task, as like most writers, I get more rejections than acceptances.  On the other hand, there is a certain honesty and perspective provided by accepting that there is failure and rejection ass well as success. 

With that in mind, I am planning on a new strategy.  For each acceptance of a story or poem that has been previously rejected, I will include a humility count of the number of rejections that piece has received before being accepted.  This could also be seen as a persistance reminder for those who are unduly impressed by acceptances.

I will go back through and add the humility count to the acceptances already listed, just so they all share this.  I also plan to add a "Current status" entry on the first post for each day.


Current status: 23 items in 36 submissions.  2 new markets attempted, Poetry Magazine and Bastards and Whores