This is kind of a comment on this whole goal…it sounds like you’re doing it, and that’s awesome. A rejection slip is a badge of honor, I think…not so much so, maybe, as an acceptance, but it’s still not a small thing. I need to do this more, myself, and it’s kind of inspiring reading the experiences of someone who’s doing it. Keep doing it. Stuff will hit, and stuff will find a home, eventually.

A colleague of mine in my graduate program has a policy which I think is kind of charming…every time he receives a rejection slip, he brings donuts to the next meeting of his writing workshop, as an only semi-ironic celebration. it’s sort of a lovely ritual, I think. I don’t know why, but reading your experiences of this goal made me think of it, and I thought I’d pass it along.

Anyway, cheers. And good luck with it.

Cheers,
Dan