REJECTION letters In the course of trying to sell my book, I got rejected. Many times. This is normal. Healthy, some might suggest, and I was really, pretty okay with it all. In the course of trying to get published, get into residencies or even win awards I was not qualified to win, I got rejected. I hung on to all the letters and look at them from time to time. I invite you to send me your rejection letters to post. They can be from publishers, editors, other writers, lovers, friends, parents, anyone, but they have to be a rejection of some sort. They don't have to be mean or venomous (though that is a treat for me), but they do have to suggest or announce in some way that you are not invited. MINE Magazine rejection, 1998 Magazine rejection #2, 1998 Nicest rejection from a magazine ever, 2000 Wishful thinking rejection from a magazine, 2000 First Waitership rejection from Bread Loaf, 2000 Second Waitership rejection from Bread Loaf, 2001 YOURS Rejection Letter to Adina Ferber from Junior High School Rejection Letter to Jim White from Warner Bros Rejection Letter to Established Author SUPER STRANGE ADVICE I have been trying to get my driver's license (to, um, no avail) and people have been giving me plenty of advice on how to pass. Here, from a stranger, is the oddest advice yet: The Super Strange Advice