Writers learn real quick to deal with overwhelming, subjective rejection. And one of the hardest things to learn is to maintain a sense of self worth and confidence in a story even as it racks up the rejects. Just because it has some nos, heck, just because it has a lot of nos doesn't mean a piece is crap. It could just mean that you are not targeting you submission well, or just getting out done.
But since you don't know, because you don't see the rest of the slush pile, it's real easy to get discouraged and want to give up, even if you believe in the story and the writing in the piece.
Authors also learn that one acceptance can counter act a whole lot of rejections. Speaking of which, my story
Scarecrow has been accepted by
Pseudopod to be part of their horror fiction podcast. I'm very excited about this because I really like the concept of fiction podcasts and I've been trying to get into Pseudopod for over a year now. This is actually a "reprint" (sort of,
Scarecrow has appeared in print before, but not audio) so it's even more exciting that the first story I published is still decent enough to get a yes.
