'How can I deal with rejection?'

Dear Daniel, do you have any advice for writers on how to deal with rejection?

Dear Daniel,

Do you have any advice for writers on how to deal with rejection?

Daniel says:

Every writer experiences rejection in their career – even brilliant ones such as Proust, Joyce or myself. As regular readers will know, my Secret Agent Luke Warm novels have been rejected by over 900 publishers (which is frankly ridiculous given the exquisite quality of the prose). 

In my opinion, the best way to deal with rejection is to reject it. Every letter of rejection I have received from a publisher has received a letter of rejection from me in return. If they are sorry but they have unfortunately decided not to accept my work on this occasion, then I am sorry but I have unfortunately decided not to accept their non-acceptance on this occasion. If my work is unfortunately not a good fit for them at this time, then the fact that it is not a good fit for them at this time is unfortunately not a good fit for me at this time. While this approach is yet to result in a publishing deal, it does me…