Another response, less woo.

Well, I did get the final rejection from the publisher who asked for my revise and resubmit. It sucks, but being forced to look a little harder at my own writing is kind of eye opening. I would never have thought of some of the things the editors pointed out. Or the less than polite agent who just sent me an email that said "your book is too short." All in all I know all of this will make it a better book, but it's a tough pill to swallow sometimes. It's hard to be proud of something and then realize how flawed it is and how much improvement it really needs. Be nice to editors though, they sometimes will give you  helpful hints when they reject your manuscript. I can't really explain how grateful I am to those patient editors who wrote me personalized rejections instead of sending me a form letter.