Dejection Slip

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Well, I wrote up a column-length piece and emailed it to Gay City News a week and a half ago.

I haven’t received any response.

Also, I made a new friend, a playwright who wrote a play I admire and who enjoys my blog. He said he’d love to get me connected with people in the business and stuff. Matt and I met up with him and his boyfriend a week ago, last Thursday night, and at his request, the next day I emailed him a copy of my screenplay. Also a short email saying it was nice to meet him.

I haven’t received any response.

This is all enough to leave a would-be writer dejected. And it’s working.

Perhaps I will just be blogging for the rest of my life.

6 thoughts on “Dejection Slip”

  1. tinman–

    do not obsess over their failure to respond. it’s nothing personal– although it sounds like you’re taking it that way.

    your print career will happen with perseverence.

    and as with all things in life, things happen in their own time. do not forget this important notion.

    keep at it.

  3. It’s ok if he hasn’t read it. But when I sent an email asking him to confirm that he received it, I didn’t get a response, nor did I get a response to my note saying it was nice to meet them…

  4. email has become the bane of our modern-day existance, and while i don’t condone the behaviour of non-response, i do understand it: i make an honest effort to get through my email in 48 hours, but sometimes for no real reason i don’t respond to emails for weeks at a time. there’s just too much to do.

  5. The time between giving someone your writing and hearing their response is always hell. Chin up. And even if your worst fears come true and they don’t like your stuff, remember it’s just one person’s opinion, and even the most successful writers have had to deal with rejection. The number of fans you have for your blog should remind you what a good writer you are, and how many people are rooting for you. :)

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