Rambling yet again

[aesmael]

Originally published at a denizen's entertainment. You can comment here or there.

Have moved on to a different, much older thread, concerning perspectives on rejection letters. It is rather encouraging me to believe rejection might not be so bad, especially as I don't believe I'd ever write something fit for commercial publication.

To submit something with the feeling that if an editor somewhere likes it enough to pay money for it, that would be a nice bonus for this thing I've written and am done with. There are a few obstacles inhibiting my actually going through with that. One is not having anything currently finished and done with. Another is uncertainty concerning attitudes to having the same work available in other venues (my impression is it's "don't" for something like "posted free online" although I know plenty of established persons have swung it [established probably being a very key word] and since I am trying to have fun I'd rather do the fun thing and put what I write where I want it). The major problem I think would be what I already said, that I don't believe I could write something which would merit commercial publication.

That's kind of the point, the core of feeling optimistic in this context though, isn't it? I write things. I make them the best I can make them. I don't believe they're the sort of thing a publisher would pick up, but why not send it out anyhow in case I am wrong? I worry I'd succumb to expectant entitlement and thus be crushed. Hopefully not.

'Sides, it would give me an opportunity to post this again (which has had embedding disabled by request, so you'll have to click through): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZfWP2zu1EM