Okay, I know most people see rejection slips as something to be dreaded. You have worked hard on your manuscript and sent it out into the world only to have it sent back with a rejection slip.
Everyone gets rejection slips when they first start out, they get rejection slips when they have been in the business for years. I got a rejection slip from one magazine when they returned my short story, and on closer inspection found the indentation on the first page of the story from a Post-It note that the editor had put on the front of the story indicating they wanted to read that story first.
It's the small things like that that make rejection easier to take, because it helps you remember that your manuscript actually was handled by a human being rather than simply being rejected with thousands of other manuscripts in some mass slaughter of innocent manuscripts. I see my rejection slips as learning experiences, each one is another experience on the long path to eventual publication. They should be framed and displayed with honor.
What was that they said on Galaxy Quest? "Never give up, never surrender."
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