But who benefits if we keep silent? If we don’t discuss rejections? If we don’t admit from time to time that the industry isn’t perfect, that at times it sucks, that at times it’s unnecessarily and even intentionally cruel.

For example, I don’t name names regarding the editor who, talking with another editor on her way out of an “It Came From the Slush Pile,” laughed while saying, “I have to go tell some of my authors they’re dead,” about writers she was dumping. I know she’s out there, she knows she’s out there, but if you’re a new writer and you think all editors are your friends, I think you need to know that some of the folks buying your books are pondscum.

So I still tell. I take a lot of crap, especially from the Anonymous sector–that group of bloggers too lame to put their names on their opinions. It’s still worth it.

Shannon - yes, that sounds like Jaci :) And OMG, I totally still remember your sold post…around New Years, right?

Here’s to NY for you this year

But, hey? Am I the only one listed who doesn’t have a NY contract yet?

I’ll have to fix that this year.

Gee, wonder who used to talk about rejections in general terms on her blog . . . and keep a scoreboard of them . . .

Kacey - it’s true, the moral support is incredible. And what’s cool is that I’ve found that the readers who now read the blog like hearing about the writing aspect of things as well, so I get to still blog on a wide variety of topics :)

Alison, I know where to find you…don’t you worry. You just keep writing.