Diary of Being a Writer; Week 174

Rejections galore and the struggle to stay positive is real.

So progress has been made. I have now had 10 rejections from literary agents. All form letters. I know what I said about remaining positive and having the mindset that each rejection is bringing me closer to the yes, but it is hard. I don’t have a big ego about my writing as it is. I have had enough outside input to understand that my writing is enjoyable, which is all I would hope for. But the impetus to write another Urban fantasy, the second in the Dawn series, just isn’t there. It seems like doubling down on a bad bet. There isn’t an endless supply of literary agents accepting Urban fantasy submissions right now, so maybe I should write something in a different genre. That YA market is looking very healthy…

What I would love to write, if it is not the continuance of the Vampire Dawn series, would be a murder mystery. But I just haven’t got a clever crime in mind. Dawn solves crimes but in an action-based way, not a detective way.
I could change my synopsis again, but writing something for the future seems like a more positive action. I just need to summon up the energy to write a second Dawn while the first is being dismissed.
Today, I intend to start writing my next novel while the form letter rejections for Dawn keep piling up.
I love writing, and I am…