"If you can't change the situation.....

....don't let the situation change you."

Taking my own advice.

The situation: Rejection by an agent

How it could change me: I could stop sending out queries. I could stop writing.

I can't stop writing - like I can't stop breathing.

I could hold my breath and turn blue - but eventually I would pass out and start breathing again.

I could stop writing - but eventually all the characters and stories inside my head would jump out (like in Alien).

Appointments with two editors at the end of this month.

At least one appointment with an agent at the end of next month.

Sending out tons of query letters, per advice of Deb Dixon.