
you won’t be the last person to say no to me
October 1, 2017
I know, it doesn’t really hold up to scrutiny, does it? I mean, as a battle cry, it’s got some flaws. It should be more like, “You’re the last person who will slam the door in my face”, right? Or, “I’ll show you!” But I’m not that confrontational. Ask my students. They’ve become accustomed to my long sighs and shrugs.
But it’s pretty much what I said to myself for a long time, every time, when an agent rejected another query for another novel. I’d yank up my yoga pants and think, this guy ain’t gonna be the one who gets to shoot this horse. And I’d take my tea and a bag of licorice and head upstairs and stare...