Coping With Rejection

No one appreciates rejection. It doesn't matter if you apply for a new job or you send your manuscript to a favorite publisher. You don't want your bids rejected if you are a commercial or BizTech writer, and you don't want an editor to reject your carefully crafted query.

Whether you are a new or experienced writer, you’ll have to cope with rejection at some point or another.

Everyone has an opinion about your work. You’ll find everything you write you love. Or hate. Or alternate between the two.

Once you establish a “career” as a part-time freelancer however, and start raking in the big bucks, you’ll expect everyone to think your work is terrific. But that isn’t always the case.

Even today, after being published by many well known names in the industry and after receiving international acclaim and praise for my work, I occasionally get a rejection.
Every now and again I bid on a project and the buyer doesn’t select me as their writer. Do I let that worry me? Heck no.
I may not be on Oprah yet, but I will. But seriously folks, listen up. If you want to make money and a living as a freelance writer, you have to cope with a little rejection. Don’t take it personally.

Most of the time it’s because the subject material you’re writing on didn’t find its way to the right publisher, agent or other representative… yet. Now, if you do get to the point where you are ready to submit your masterpieces to print publishers or agents, and you aren’t receiving at the very least personalized rejection letters, you may be doing something wrong.
There is a system, a way to attract positive attention. You have to know how to market your material correctly. That’s one of the things I teach in ConsummateCash™.

And by all means, thank anyone that looks at your work or considers your proposal profusely for his or her time. No use going off on a tangent or getting angry. That is simply ridiculous, and will get you banned from the writing community in general. Your work may not be right for everyone, but it is right for someone.
And when you are cashing in your big checks from people that do agree to work with you, you can laugh all the way to the bank…
So don’t worry about rejection. It’s bound to happen. But you can get around it. And as long as you remain determined and have a product or skill you know is worthwhile and people are interested in… you’ll get where you need to go.