I don't blame you for feeling a bit numb about it all after 11 months! After a while, I think it's hard to invest too much emotion in anything that is so slow and so unsure. It's almost necessary for survival to have a bit of detachment about the whole process! So sorry about the rejection, & good luck with the next step!
Alison Dellenbaugh | Homepage | 03.29.06 - 8:26 am | #

Bummer on the rejection, but encouraging that she took the time to say all sorts of nice things about the manuscript, and more positive still that she asked to see more.
Kim Winters | Homepage | 03.29.06 - 3:47 pm | #

So sorry to hear the news, Chris. Though I completely understand your reaction -- and maybe that even-keel was just your first reaction, with the more personal one coming later.
Becky | Homepage | 03.31.06 - 11:12 am | #

Thank you all. Kind words and encouragement from friends -- plus getting a little more sleep than I had been -- help out a lot.

Plus it's possible that after hundreds of submissions over the past several years -- most of them rejections but including several highly encouraging ones -- my writer's psyche has merely grown all leathery.
Chris Barton | Homepage | 04.03.06 - 7:20 am | #