That's like being told by eHarmony that you're too horrible a person to even take their compatibility test.
There's someone for everyone. Just kidding. |
Kathryn Stockett never gave up, not even when she sailed past the number of rejections where most reasonable people would agree she had given it her best shot.
The moral of the story is...I haven't failed nearly enough to be successful yet. I may think I'm struggling to find an audience for my writing, but I ain't seen nothing yet. In fact, the number of setbacks and disappointments I've experienced is at this point an insult to writers who actually have the balls and the tenacity to keep going in the face of failure.
How many young idealists have been ruined by that wrinkly green bastard? |
I can't tell you how frustrated and upset and sad I get when I write something that I think is especially good, that I think will tickle people and inspire them to comment and share, and it sinks without a trace. I can't tell you how many times I've decided to shut down this blog after noticing yet again how few hits it receives relative to other writers' sites. Hell, my own Beloved Spouse doesn't read it; why should I be surprised when no one else does?
But I keep writing and posting, because I enjoy it. And because I know that at least a few other souls read it and (say they) enjoy it, and that makes me feel really good. What I don't acknowledge as readily is that I need the low readership numbers and the blinding indifference to my passion. I need them to stack up and stare me in the face. I hate them, but I need them.
Like vegetables. |
This one is much more awesome. |
Goddamn, that sucks.
But hey, if you're going to succeed at anything, why not at failing?
You've got to start somewhere.
Hey, I'm here! Can you tell when people read via RSS? Because I read everything. Even commented (once). And I read your CC posts with pleasure, too. So there.
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