Forevermore by Kristy Robinett

Author:Kristy Robinett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: spirit communication, poe, edgar allan poe, edgar allen poe, spirit guide, psychic, medium
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2014-08-27T04:00:00+00:00

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chapter nine

My suitcase was packed and Chuck and I were off to a weekend in Indiana at a paranormal conference. A room was reserved in the hotel next to the Masonic Temple, and one of my best friends was going to join us. I was super excited, except for what put a damper on my mood.

Before we left, I opened my computer, turned on the Internet, and saw three e-mails from literary agents. I was excited until I read, and re-read each of them.

I have received and reviewed your query. I greatly appreciate your sending your ideas to us for consideration. Because of the number of submissions our agency receives, we often are not able to take on clients who merit publication. While I believe that your ideas might have market appeal, I am not convinced that we could represent it successfully at this time.

Rejection, rejection, and, oh, another rejection. I laid my head on the desk next the computer keyboard and sobbed. Feelings of inadequacy stabbed like a sword through my heart and at that moment I decided that I wouldn’t pursue another query and take it as a sign that I wasn’t supposed to be an author. My cell phone jingled as I was about to go into another fit of sobs. Picking up my cell, and anticipating more bad news, I saw a text message from my best friend asking me how I was. I replied with bitterness and negativity over my bleak situation. Instead of giving me sympathy, she told me that it made me one step closer to my agent and that the others just weren’t meant to be. What? No sympathy? No poor, poor Kristy? To make matters even worse, Poe stood over me with his typical stoic look. He wasn’t disappointed that I hadn’t been accepted, he was ticked off that I was acting like a girl and crying.

I sorely wanted to make everybody proud of me, and I felt like I was doing just the opposite, even with my own guide who was supposed to be gently nudging me on the right path.

“What?” I asked, ready to feast on a chocolate bar. Who cared if it was 8:00 o’clock in the morning?

“Oh, I remember these days well. The dreaded rejections,” Poe snickered, which angered me even more.

“Look, you didn’t do well with rejection either, and from what I know, it happened often with you. Now look! You’re idolized and regarded as a genius! If they just knew,” I spat.

“Kristy, everybody is rejected at one point or another. Never to suffer would never to have been blessed. Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because ‘he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.’ Van Gogh only sold one painting, but he kept painting. Charles Schultz had every cartoon he submitted rejected by his high school yearbook staff. And remember Walt, well Disney wouldn’t hire him either. Lucille Ball was told she couldn’t act and needed to find a new profession. Harrison Ford was told the same.

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