It’s a tough call
October 9th, 2009 | 
Author: Once you find yourself in a committed relationship, you realize that falling in love is the easy past. You meet, connect, and are ecstatic over finding each other. You spend countless hours enjoying one another’s company. Trust develops and you begin to realize that you want this person to remain as a part of your life. Then the tough part comes - you have to introduce him to your friends and family.
Well, it isn’t necessarily all that difficult, but there is that moment when you wonder if your loved ones will react positively to meeting your significant other. Will they see what you see? Will they recognize the wonderful attributes that you do? There’s a bit of anxiety involved as you wait for their reactions.
In some ways, getting ready to submit your writing is very much the same thing. For months and even years, it has been only the two of you. You grow to know each other intimately. Like any other labor of love, you invest your emotions and energy and develop a committed relationship. Then, when you’re ready, you have to introduce your partner to the rest of the world.
The process triggers similar anxieties. Will people like it? Will they recognize its merits? Will they validate the time and effort that you’ve put into it?
More importantly, however, what will you do if they don’t? Will you cut and run or will you stand by it, and in doing so, authenticate your own methods of perception?
It’s a tough call.
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Tags: manuscript submissions, submission process, submitting manuscript, writing
It is very much like being in committed relationship- and sometimes it’s like being on the market again after ending a long term relationship. It’s all about judgment and putting yourself out there with no idea as to what will happen. That’s why i like being behind the scenes rather than in the spotlight.