Monday, November 24, 2014

If I'm Not Flawed... Neither Are My Characters

“You see, when weaving a blanket,
an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket
to let the soul out.”

- Martha Graham
 
 
Rejection sucks.  I'll be honest.  Every time I receive a rejection letter, or I don't receive a letter at all, it feels like a victory for every single person who has told me I suck throughout the years.  I'm waking up, with a very bad headache from a very long and gratuitous pity party I threw myself when Ballet for Bullies was turned down for publication.  Dang.  I'm not perfect.
 
I'm flawed.  I tried and I failed.  A decision needs to be made.  Will I try again?  Will I?  I'm in the middle of a dilemma.  And my mettle is being tested.  Just like I aim to test the mettle of my characters in the stories I write. 
 
My soul is out. 
 
And I'm writing.
 


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