{"id":115,"date":"2011-02-17T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/setbacks-or-stepping-stones\/"},"modified":"2011-02-17T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T18:00:00","slug":"setbacks-or-stepping-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/setbacks-or-stepping-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"Setbacks or Stepping Stones?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4ysHSQxTrtY\/TV1VKdS2iJI\/AAAAAAAABrM\/uqnv5dd9Db4\/s1600\/2007_08_06+010.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"213\" j6=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4ysHSQxTrtY\/TV1VKdS2iJI\/AAAAAAAABrM\/uqnv5dd9Db4\/s320\/2007_08_06+010.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Two years ago, I submitted one of my novels to a small publishing house. They&#8217;d requested the manuscript after the first chapter won in a local contest. I REALLY, REALLY wanted them to publish it. That seemed like the best, the most important thing for my manuscript at the time. But in the end, they declined, and of course, I was heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p>The other day I realized I&#8217;m now grateful for that rejection. I wouldn&#8217;t have discovered what I really wanted to do with my writing and what industry I wanted to pursue if that publisher had agreed to take on my manuscript.<\/p>\n<p>It brings to mind that quote about when God closes a door, somewhere He opens a window. Our struggles, rejections, and detours can ultimately bring us to achieve something greater than we might have imagined. As long as we keep working and believing and reaching.<\/p>\n<p>What setbacks in your writing journey have become stepping stones?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago, I submitted one of my novels to a small publishing house. They&#8217;d requested the manuscript after the first chapter won in a local contest. I REALLY, REALLY wanted them to publish it. That seemed like the best, the most important thing for my manuscript at the time. But in the end, they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}