enormously weird...

Well, today has just been a kick in the teeth (in terms of my literary submissions).

First, neither of my scripts (Dweller or Momo) were chosen for Shriekfest.

That was a bit disconcerting, but not unsurprising.

I don't do well with festivals.

I've nearly always just been an "Honorable Mention" or gotten "your script almost made it!"

Don't know what it is... politics (someone else is a darling of the festival)... Or the competition is fierce (am I going up against guys like Scott Kosar in these things?)... Or if my writing is just absolute garbage... I have no idea... Time will tell.

Then, I get an e-mail from a magazine I submitted to yesterday, telling me:

"Thank you for your interest in --------- Magazine.  Unfortunately, "Cleanliness of Maggots", "Homeless", and "Finders Keepers"  have been auto-rejected, as we do not consider simultaneous submissions.  If you would like to resubmit your best piece, I'll be happy to forward it to a submissions editor."


Yeeeeeeeesh!

So... I guess I resubmit my best work... And power through it...


I just don't understand why (in writing) the actual writing part is incredibly easy (for me anyway) and the business side of it (submitting, getting an agent, getting published/producer) is such a kick in the teeth.