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I had a prior committment (nothing major--a mini workshop that was non-work related) on March 2. Since that is one of the audition days, I decided I was going to have to cancel on the mini workshop. After all, a chance to speak out as a writer took precedence. At least I thought so.
Checking my email yesterday, I got a message from the "Listen to Your Mother" folks that had "Thank you" in the subject line.
Thank you? That doesn't sound good. That sounds too much like "Thank you, but no thanks."
Whoah, Nellie. It seems I had put the cart waaaaay before the horse. Apparently there were 60 pieces and only 30 were chosen. My piece was one of the rejected ones. At least, I wouldn't have to cancel on my mini workshop. At least I wouldn't have to drum up support for the show. (The proceeds from the ticket sales helps out a charity.)
And I won't have to set aside that day in May for the show, either I thought to myself.
Whoah again. Two writing friends, Linda O'Connell and the infamous Kim have made it to the audition phase. Most decidedly--if they are part of the show, I will be there to cheer them on. (I'll even refrain from heckling, though it will be hard. That will be my "gift" to them. Linda knows what a sacrifice that will be for me. I'll have to put my anti-SD on. What does "SD" stand for, you ask? The "D" stands for disturber. I'm leaving you to figure out what the "S" stands for.)
'Cause that's what writers do. They support each other. They celebrate their friends' publications, even when they themselves have been rejected.
(Kim and Linda--I'm keeping my fingers crossed.)
You ARE a great writer friend. I have never heard of that show before, and am happy for Linda and Kim, but sorry that your story didn't make it.
ReplyDeleteThis gives you more time to makes some cards.
Kathy M.
Kathy--Thanks. It takes one to know one.
DeleteYou are right. And the more rejections I get, the more card time I accumulate. I wonder if at some point soon I might have a whole storage fgacility FULL of cards I've made in my pity-party time?
Hi Sioux,
ReplyDeleteAt least you tried. I didn't even submit. I will keep my fingers crossed for Linda and Kim. Hope they make the cut!
Donna--I know why you didn't submit and it is NOT because you couldn't have written a prize-winning piece with one hand tied behind your back.
DeleteNow they have your fingers and my fingers crossed. They're sure to make it.
At least you submitted! I still get overwhelmed by the size of competitions and don't do some of them. That darn self-doubt! There will be another one. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteKaren--Thanks. I hardly ever do any competitions, and apparently, I didn't think the competition was going to be this stiff. I was wrong. ;)
Delete(and put a contract out on that internal editor. They must be stopped.)
I might enjoy a bit of heckling - it will seem like home up on that stage. Thank you for your support.
ReplyDeleteThey only choose 12 of the 30 for the show. I know that we'll do our best and see if we make the final cut.
And Sioux, I'm sure your piece will be perfect for another submission...just have to get it in the mail.
As far as the rejection thing? I have been told that the person with the most rejection slips is the winner at the end of the game!
Kim--If you're anything like I was as a mom (before my baby boy left home and forged out on his own), all you have to do is imagine you are delivering it to YOUR baby boy...and I know you will make the cut.
Delete(And I accept your challenge. I'll put my rejection slips against yours any day.)
You could post it here, y'know. You have a very appreciative audience.
ReplyDeleteTherese--Yes, all three of them. ;)
DeleteI have not trashed this piece in the permanent dumpster. That ain't the way Sioux rolls. If something gets rejected, I dust it off, put a new barrette on it, and send it off somewhere else...
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ReplyDeleteNo doubt I will get to read this in some wonderful publication at some point in the future, and at least you won't have to miss that workshop!
ReplyDeleteTammy--You know I am a recycler--or at least I try to recycle.
DeleteMy condolences on the misplacement of your horse. If you had not been thinking ahead, you would have found out at the last minute that not only was your piece accepted, but that the Mother-Listeners had bypassed all other submissions, given you a one-woman show, and booked you on Jay Leno, requiring you to miss several days of school to showcase your talents. See? Karma dictated that the education of little children is more important than your stand-up career AT THIS TIME. Keep on yuckin'. Your comedy stylings will shine elsewhere. If the barrettes don't work, try a toothed plastic headband.
ReplyDeleteI rushed to that link with bated fingertips, all fired up when I first heard about it. Then saw the audition part. No thank you. I have more standing-in-front-of-an-audience-making-a-fool-of-myself opportunities than I need right now, just teaching the phospholipid bilayer to my high-schoolers six periods per day.
Good luck to Linda and Kim. I'm sure you would never think of heckling them. But wouldn't it be cool if they could trick you into wearing a gift necklace that was really one of those invisible fence dog collars, while they each had a zapper?
I'm not usually a necklace type. Scarves hide the turkey wattle more than necklaces. So, if they could hide that shock-collar into a scarf, I'd be all over it...
DeleteDid I mention that Mama Zen, Hedgewitch, and I put together a book? I got the proof copies a couple of days ago. It's awesome.
ReplyDeleteShay--
DeleteAre you lying to me? Trying to whip me up into a frenzy, only to laugh at me as you whisper to each other, "She is soooo gullible"?
I hope not. ;)
No, really, we did. We each have about 40 pages of poems, and then at the end, we each do the same form.
DeleteI am assuming that when it is hot off the presses and available for sale, you'll let us know?
ReplyDelete(And in the case of Mama Zen, 40 pages of poems means probably 582 different poems, since she can do succint with one hand tied behind her back. ;)
I have never kept my rejection slips. If I did, I would have a mound by now, and who needs it? It would be a reminder of my inability to get published. I focus on the positive but believe me, I know it is disheartening to be rejected. But, then again you can't win if you don't enter. Kootchy coo that piece up and send it on its way to a new venue.
ReplyDeleteA shock collar...that val, makes you wonder what she does to Hick.
I know. I think she has a bunch of used shock collars in that BARns...
DeleteHey - or Hay as the circumstance implies - keep me informed when the gig is set. I have heckling skills. (And if I ever get the red gem encrusted cattle prod I've been promised, I'd certainly allow you a turn with it.)
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