After much anticipation, I finally heard back from a big literary agent in New York about my newest idea for a book (incidentally, it’s called, The Unpopular Child: How to Help Your Kid Fit in). She wrote, ”This one really rubbed me the wrong way.”
Ouch.
After feeling low about my prospects for getting a major book deal for a few days, I am now fired up and ready to work even harder on a new book idea.
It’s when we’re down and questioning our talents that we have the greatest opportunity to rise up and overcome our shortcomings. So, if you just got feedback on a paper or test and didn’t get the grade you were hoping for, keep in mind that you will have many opportunities to prove just how well you can do. One paper says little about how good a writer you are or how good you can be. Hang in there…you’ve still got your final papers and exams ahead of you. You can figure out what went wrong and redouble your efforts to ace them.
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i agree, i think that this applies to everything in life…
My new book is available through Corby Publishing.