{{{{{Barb}}}}} I'm so sorry.
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
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sj - Aug 11, 2008 3:54:19 pm PDT #1112 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Barb - Aug 11, 2008 3:56:16 pm PDT #1113 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Thanks guys-- I just veer wildly between being relieved because yes, I was frustrated, mostly because more than anything, I hate limbo. Tell me you want it or don't, but tell me something, dammit.
But at the same time, I feel like such a fucking failure.
Amy - Aug 11, 2008 3:58:46 pm PDT #1114 of 10001
Because books.
NOT a failure. I would bet lots and lots of good money that this has nothing to do with the manuscript at all.
Barb - Aug 11, 2008 4:00:57 pm PDT #1115 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Probably not, Amy, but I'll never really know that for sure. And that insecurity will live with me for a while. I mean, empirically, I know it's a good manuscript-- it's a good story and I gave it everything I've got.
But right now, the manuscript is the fall guy for everything else and I just... right now, I'm tired of kicking at the football. (To keep going with the Charlie Brown references.)
javachik - Aug 11, 2008 4:04:29 pm PDT #1116 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Oh, Barb. What a kick to the stomach.
NOT a failure, or anywhere close.
Wish you were still here so we could drown your temporary (and yes, it's temporary because wild success WILL be yours, dammit) sorrow and frustration in mojitos at Annabel's.
Aims - Aug 11, 2008 4:16:28 pm PDT #1117 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oh Barb. {{{Barb}}} I am so sorry. I am thirding and/or fourthing that call for a stiff, hard cabana boy drink.
And a new dress.
JZ - Aug 11, 2008 4:44:29 pm PDT #1118 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, shit, Barb, I'm sorry. How disheartening, after all that work and all those damn revisions--and, like Susan, I wanted to read it, damnit!
Connie Neil - Aug 11, 2008 4:59:50 pm PDT #1119 of 10001
brillig
You mean, they don't tell you why they're not pleased? They just wave it off and mutter obscurely?
Can you now sell the thing to someone else?
brenda m - Aug 11, 2008 5:01:17 pm PDT #1120 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Damn, Barb. That sucks hard.
SailAweigh - Aug 11, 2008 5:06:52 pm PDT #1121 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Barb, I have no knowledge of the publishing biz, but that publisher sounds like a total fucktard. I hope you find a better house with honorable people.