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Loving Subvert magazine‘s posts these days, especially this one by Seth Godin (my hero above heroes!), because he tells us how he failed.
He sold his first adult book packaging deal for 5,000 dollars to Warner and then over the course of the next year, received 900 rejection letters.
As a new agent and veteran author, this still blows my mind. These are not numbers that are taken lightly. These are not numbers that anyone can shake off and say, “ah well, try again tomorrow.” These are damning numbers. This is when the inner self begins to doubt they are in the right industry.
My respect for Seth just went sky high (well, it already was sky high; now it’s even higher).
I know rejection is the name of this game of entrepreneurship/marketing/business/life. I just can’t let it lick me.
Even if I get 901.
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