Ah, the whiplash sting of rejection.\u00a0 My manuscript has been rejected by Ark Press (see bold text below).<\/p>\n
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Thank you for submitting to Ark Press.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Ark editorial team has reviewed your work and given it careful consideration. We appreciate the opportunity to review your treatment and manuscript, however, The Sniper isn’t right for us. <\/strong><\/p>\n We would, however, love to see another project from you. The writing was quite good and the story kept us engaged. Please do keep us in mind in the future<\/strong><\/p>\n Best of luck with your writing,<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If I were a drinking man I\u2019d probably go on a two-week bender and drown my sorrow in 180 proof rum.\u00a0 But the show must go on!\u00a0 I will gather up the jagged shards of my dreams and limp off stage to nurse my wounded pride and super-glue my shattered dreams of literary glory back together somehow.<\/p>\n I told Camera Girl of this crushing defeat.\u00a0 She told me to suck it up and stop whining.\u00a0 Not the sympathetic shoulder I was hoping for.\u00a0 In another age maybe I would have run off and joined the French Foreign Legion but I don\u2019t think they allow enough free time for macrophotography and right-wing punditry in the Legion.\u00a0 Vive la France!<\/p>\n Well, it wasn\u2019t all bad.\u00a0 They did say the writing was pretty good.\u00a0 I mean, maybe they were just saying that to soften the blow but I\u2019ll take a positive spin on that and continue to work on finishing the book and then either get it published or self-publish it on Amazon.<\/p>\n Honestly, I was very glad that they got back to me.\u00a0 And I liked the polite and professional remarks they sent.\u00a0 I think a lot of publishers don\u2019t even bother to send rejection letters anymore.\u00a0 So, an honest rejection is actually kind of comforting.\u00a0 But still, there is a disappointment when you don\u2019t win the prize.\u00a0 But we know that what doesn\u2019t kill us makes us stronger.\u00a0 At least that\u2019s what that crazy atheist said back a hundred and some odd years ago.\u00a0 And he should know because he went crazy and died!<\/p>\n So, the show must go on and all sadness and chagrin must be pushed aside and efforts must be redoubled.\u00a0 I intend to memorize a hundred new adjectives every week, take up MMA fighting and try my luck at swordfishing to increase my relatability with the reading audience.\u00a0 After all Hemingway did some of that stuff and he was very relatable.\u00a0 I wonder how good Camera Girl is at MMA fighting?\u00a0 She\u2019s pretty strong and agile so maybe she would be a good sparring partner.\u00a0 But she is kinda mean and I can\u2019t afford to be injured too badly before I get into the octagon with my real opponents.\u00a0 Maybe she\u2019ll agree to fighting me blindfolded and with one arm tied behind her back.\u00a0 That seems reasonable.\u00a0 But just to be sure, maybe I\u2019ll also tie her ankles together.\u00a0 Yeah, that would be good.\u00a0 I could definitely take her then.\u00a0 Alright, I love it when a plan comes together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ah, the whiplash sting of rejection.\u00a0 My manuscript has been rejected by Ark Press (see bold text below). Thank you for submitting to Ark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[552,5,2510,551,1289,818,1263],"tags":[76,1290,38,1355,265,4484],"class_list":["post-33053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-country-music-reviews","category-current-events","category-literature","category-music-reviews","category-fiction-by-me","category-ocf","category-stuff-that-personally-interests-me-miscellaneous","tag-fiction-writing","tag-my-fiction","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-science-fiction","tag-the-american-archipelago-book-1-the-sniper"],"yoast_head":"\n