{"id":1688,"date":"2011-07-12T09:56:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T13:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2011-07-12T09:56:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T13:56:54","slug":"the-thing-that-it-will-become","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/12\/the-thing-that-it-will-become\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thing That It Will Become"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received a rejection on one of my stories last night and I&rsquo;m still smarting a little.<\/p>\n<p> At first, I was bummed but the rejection came with a personalized rejection that I have a love\/hate relationship with.<\/p>\n<p>Love that I got something more than a &lsquo;no&rsquo;. Hate that, upon further rejection, the comments make sense.<\/p>\n<p>So, I&rsquo;m going to shelve this story for a bit and do what I was going to do all along &#8211; expand it and make it my NaNoWriMo project. 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