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If you\u2019re a writer you’ve been rejected. It comes with the territory. That does not mean that you have to like it, accept it or chalk it up as some kind of (choke) learning experience. Rejection sucks, whether it is your manuscript or a date to the senior prom. It sucks. As writers we can \u201caccept\u201d rejection as a fact of life without \u201caccepting\u201d rejection as screwing down the lids of our coffins. We accept that some ivory-tower-snob, who has never written anything other than a rejection letter, just doesn\u2019t get it, doesn\u2019t understand the art of writing. 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