Bad News…Part II
I’m really trying to get my priorities in order, and I’m doing better. Writing doesn’t consume my time. The only writing I seem to be doing now-a-days is on this blog, and it’s mostly reflective of what God’s been showing me. I know in my heart that that’s part of the plan, the process to whatever God’s trying to show me.
In my heart of hearts (or maybe hopes of hopes) I don’t think the purpose of this journey is to give up my writing. I feel it’s to have me completely rely on Him to be my agent and promoter. So even though I am sad about the agent’s rejection, I’m not discouraged. In fact, I’m even more determined to persevere.
This experience reminds me of an old sales jingle I used to tell myself in college when I sold books door to door. “I will persist until I succeed and when I succeed I will over achieve. Only then will I rest because I know I have done my best.”
Sales is a numbers game. Sometimes I’d have to knock on 30 doors just to hear one “yes.” Sounds discouraging, doesn’t it. And it was. The only thing (besides my heart to hearts with Jesus) that kept me going was knowing that if I did what “they” told me and persisted, I’d find that “yes.” And when I found that “yes” all the rejections of the past faded away.
I hated sales, but I was good at it because I followed those simple principles and encouraged myself. I won awards and was top in my organization all because I didn’t give up no matter how tough it got. So now I’m pulling from that experience.
I’m not discouraged about my latest rejection, just disappointed. When it comes to my WIP, there are not many more publishing house doors I can knock on. Many of them have said “no” already. But there are a few more, and I still have a lot more “product” to sell in the form of other WIPs. So I guess I will persist until I succeed!
**I just looked at the scripture in the side bar and it said this…“ being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. ” (Philippians 1:6)
Now that’s an encouraging word!
