I finally got over the rejection blues. . .

Here's a simple fact of writing:  if you don't submit, you won't get published.  It's like anything else (dating, winning the lottery, asking for a raise. . . )

Yes, my rejections run 8-1 on the downside.  But I read something the other day that helps.  There are authors, well-known authors, who have thousands of rejection slips.

I don't post mine around the house; one of my relatives wallpapered her bathroom with her rejections. I file them away. After a week or so, I put the rejected work back into the mail, maybe making a few revisions.

It helps to know the publication you are submitting to.  I spend time at the library looking at periodicals that I think my story or my poem will fit.  I check for the current submissions editor. I don't have the resources or the house space to buy every journal and magazine that seems to fit.

The 2008 books, listing current needs for publication, are out and I have found those worth their weight. . .not yet in gold, but at least in postage for new markets.

And web publishing is growing as is web submission.  That saves on both the stamp and the gas to the post office.

Send it out.  There's an audience waiting for your work.  Do your homework first to find the right fit.