More rejections and my printer died!

I remain optimistic as today I find yet another rejection letter tucked among the bills in my mailbox. This agent says she manages 82 authors! My gosh! I need to find someone whose list is shorter and might even like to represent my novel. Someone not so busy!
So, today, I have four brand new manuscript packages ready to mail for which my old Epson printer said "no!" Now, instead of heading for the post office with my hands full of manila envelopes, I'm driving to Staples to buy a printer that's happy to go to work each day.

Meanwhile, I entered a writing contest with a short story that made me smile when I wrote it. I am not optimistic about it's publication, but the entry fee was affordable, and I gotta keep going at this. A friend once said, "even a blind chicken gets a kernel of corn once in awhile". I rather like that. However, I think I'd better start scattering more corn around in the literary coop!

Ah, the writer's life!!