That's right. Fear of rejection is often the greatest hurdle for many people who'd like to write for publication. (I could have wall-papered my office with rejection letters when I started out, though I did sell a couple of stories early to "big" magazines, which helped my confidence.)
John Barsness
Mule Deer: How right you are. It doesn't apply to writing for gun mags or books, but my best friend and I covered our fraternity room with rejection letters from all the companies who rejected us our senior year of engineering college. Now he's a top engineer with a utility company and I'm heading up an engineering firm. Rejection itself (and not the fear of rejection) can inspire some mighty big works! Not a gun writer or even a wanna-be. Just a wanna-be good hunter and shooter!
“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” ALDO LEOPOLD
