Appreciate the hard won insights here, Danny. Not trying to be too Zen but I wonder if rejection is even the right word in the whole querying not-so-merry-go-round. Substack feels like a great way of side-stepping its inherently misplaced power-play. I think constructive feedback is a very different and most welcome beast.
Danny! As a Writer (i mean as a person who e joys witting) and a guy who studies identity, I love this so much.
For me, it’s about finding core identities that have zero relation to anything I do. Those core identities are, for myself, explicitly Christian ones that all people share.
I need to always work on throwing off my identity in credentials and accomplishment. I put way too much value on those as markets that I’m a halfway decent human. I’m working on tuning in more to my core identities and letting my life flow from the internal and not the external.
Appreciate the hard won insights here, Danny. Not trying to be too Zen but I wonder if rejection is even the right word in the whole querying not-so-merry-go-round. Substack feels like a great way of side-stepping its inherently misplaced power-play. I think constructive feedback is a very different and most welcome beast.
Danny! As a Writer (i mean as a person who e joys witting) and a guy who studies identity, I love this so much.
For me, it’s about finding core identities that have zero relation to anything I do. Those core identities are, for myself, explicitly Christian ones that all people share.
I need to always work on throwing off my identity in credentials and accomplishment. I put way too much value on those as markets that I’m a halfway decent human. I’m working on tuning in more to my core identities and letting my life flow from the internal and not the external.