Mood: No idea.

What I'm Listening to Right Now: I should really change this to "What I'm Watching Right now" because, seriously, I watch so much more TV than I listen to music. It's something to think about...

Anyway, this just in, I've been rejected. It's cool. Sort of. I mean, the agent was very, very gracious about it and even said, (although I'm not sure if this is the normal rejection thing) that my idea was intriguing but just not right for her list. And I'm cool with that. I think. Intriguing is good, right? I mean, she didn't say, "For the love of God, stop writing!" ya know?

Am I bummed? Oh hells yeah. But I'll get over it. I might actually already be over it.

My first reaction was to open up Word and start working on the next query, which I think is a good sign. I didn't, say, go hide under the covers in my bed and cry myself a river or perhaps, try to throw myself out of my first story window, which would not only be silly but embarrassing, since there is a hill there and some rolling would certainly be involved.

So I think I'm handling this well. I plan to send out an e-query or two tomorrow; one to an agent that I'm kind of attached to. It's scary but it needs to be done, and if she's not interested, I'll move along to the other agents I've researched.

This is me being super grownup, by the way. Just thought you should know.

So there it is, my first rejection. It might be the last rejection that I talk about, (or perhaps the last, in general because my fairy godagent is out there waiting) just because I don't like to focus on the negative. I just thought this should be documented, since it's the first one and all.

So there. The process has begun. And I'm okay. Really. (I'm surprised how true this actually is.)

Night everyone!

-B

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