And so it ends.  I got my last short fiction rejection for the group of eight that had been sent out.  This rejection was from Zoetrope All-Story, and was fully expected, as Zoetrope is a literary magazine of the highest order – recently Wes Anderson had a piece published…WES ANDERSON!…I cannot compete with Wes Anderson! 

Ahem.  Anyway, so suffice to say I wasn’t surprised.  What did totally surprise me was the shockingly encouraging handwritten note on the back.  If you’re gonna get a rejection, that is the kind to get, so thank you Zoetrope, for um, rejecting me.

So I don’t feel so bad, and already have another piece in mind to revise and submit to them (even though it seems like aiming for the sun).  I’m actually in the process of editing/revising/rewriting a whole new batch and sending them out again. 

Wish me luck…and for the record, here’s the new count:

1 for 8