So I told you that I entered my manuscript to the Ampersand Project – an initiative by Hardie Grant Egmont Australia where they except submissions from unpublished YA authors during spring/summer. I just found out that my manuscript was rejected, which sucks. I was really hoping they would want it, though I kind of knew they would say no because my manuscript isn’t like anything they have published before.
But I am not one to let a little thing like a rejection stop me. This is only rejection number 4 for said manuscript, and that’s nothing really, I am just getting started. J.K.Rowling, Stephen King, Lauren DeStefano and Stephenie Meyer all got dozens (or more) of rejections for their first book so who am to think I will be any different?
Once you are rejected there is only one thing to do, keep submitting. I am going to start querying agents now. 2 of the previous 4 submissions I sent where directly to the publisher but I really do want an agent.
So now I need to perfect my query letter *gulps with dread* and I will go over my synopsis too. Then I’ll start querying, querying, querying.
Wish me luck.
Rochelle L. Sharpe 
I’ve been busting my butt on my own query and synopsis too!
Good luck with yours. Sometimes it feels like it was easier writing the manuscript than writing the query.
TOTALLY!!!
Good luck. Perseverance is key in publishing and I’m sure that soon you’ll get a “Yes” 🙂
Thanks 🙂
Rejections often mean the opportunity to do more work on a ms. I’m glad for all my early rejections, which meant that I queried my agent with a much stronger piece of work. If you got any feedback, that’s useful. Also if you’ve had reader feedback – tough reader feedback, that’s useful too. Good luck. If you don’t put it out there, it’ll never go anywhere.
I agree that rejections mean the opportunity to do more work on a ms. I am going to do another edit before I start querying. And thanks for wishing me luck:)
Good luck with getting an acceptance sometime soon!!! Rejections suck… I know they make us grow and yada yada… but they still suck when they happen! Hope something comes up for you soon 🙂
Thanks so much 🙂