Friday, February 14, 2014

Trudging

"To trudge: the slow, weary, depressing yet determined walk of a man who has nothing left in life except the impulse to simply soldier on."
~A Knight's Tale
 
Things haven't been going well. I've received no fewer than seven rejections (two on the same day), and have yet to hear from four more submissions.  I’m so depressed (not just because of the publishing) that I haven’t been able to write or even really function.
 
My personal life is a mess, my writing is stalled, and I don’t see that I have any sort of future.  I’m having a hard time finding any reason to continue on.
 
And yet I’m still applying.  Who knows, maybe someone will see something in my work that no one else does.  Maybe someone will want it.
 
I’m going to play the lottery tonight, too.