Wow, I can’t believe it has taken me this long to find Aeryn Rudel’s wonderful site Rejectomancy

I’m a guy who landed his first published piece by blogging about the hidden meaning in all the rejection letters I was getting so it amazes me I haven’t come across Aeryn’s site earlier.

Aeryn has this super fun concept of Rejections as a way to show how you are leveling up your skill as a writer. 

You basically score points for rejection letters, acceptance letters and the situations around them — like getting two rejections in one day or whether or not the rejection was a personal rejection or a form letter.

The XP points correlate to different levels which correlate to “spells” (which appear to be still under construction) and to Resistance levels, which have fun names like “Baby Bunny”  and “Adamantium.” 

I love the way Aeryn has taken something like rejection letters, a thing that can be negative on a personal and emotional level, and gamified it into something fun and motivating.  This tells me a lot about how he must handle adversity. I wish I had that kind of attitude!

He also shares his rejection stats < >and has other helpful writing advice such as his Pro or Not Pro, that is the question post.

Go check out his site and leave a comment if you have been a follower or have similar experiences you want to share

• James