Last Week In Cherie News

My novel got rejected by Jennifer Jackson at the Donald Maass Literary Agency, but I will have an interview for one of the library positions I applied for, so that's good. I'm used to rejections from literary agencies; I pretty much expect them. But sometimes I wonder if it says something that I get them so quickly... A lot of people complain about having to wait too long but they seem to decide quite quickly they don't want me. Oh well. I know my books at a marketing disadvantage, so it's not exactly a surprise.

I also saw Thor with my sister on Friday and enjoyed. I liked that Loki was a complex character and, even though I'm pretty sure it's not what the writer's intended, I can imagine that everything was all part of Loki's plan. Loki also looks good in a suit. Thor was exactly the sort of stupid jock character I expected and the romance just never sparked, there was no chemistry between the actors, but even if there had been, not enough scenes were written in to make me believe they were in love. Thor's friends also seemed a bit flat as characters. But overall I enjoyed the story (since they had a fair amount of Loki) and Heimdall was a great character as well even tough he didn't have a lot of lines, the scenes and lines he did have did a good job of establishing his character.

My First Novel Rejection!

To convince people I really mean it when I say I'm happy to get rejections, I've included this picture. I am actually really psyched. I've been rejected by a few magazines before but never by a real live agent for a completed novel. This is awesome! I'm feel like I'm playing in the big leagues now even if I'm indefinitely on the bench. Did it sting a little to get a rejection less than 11 hours after sending the query? Sure. Am I going to let that stop me? Absolutely not! At this point I can't even stop because I already sent out a total of six queries. That was one, but there are still five pending and I still intend to send out many more to come. Yay for forward momentum! The rejection was even pretty upbeat for a form letter.

Query Letters!

Yesterday (or rather early this morning today) I sent out my first three query letters to agents! I was going to wait until I could send them all out at once, but I kept putting that off because compiling them all at once was intimidating me, and I figured I could at least get the easy ones out of the way first and gradually focus on the harder ones. None of them are really all that hard. I just have a procrastination problem. But I hope to send out three more today and hopefully soon the rejections will be rolling in!

When I tell people how excited I am about getting rejections they either don't believe me or don't understand my enthusiasm. But rejections mean I'm making progress. They mean I actually did something rather than sitting there and talking about it. So I'm always proud to receive them. Of course, I would like to be accepted someday. But even if I never am, I want to be able to say I did everything I could. I don't want to ever wonder "what if?". So, for me, a pile of rejections is the next best thing to acceptance.