Context: Hideous , as in having something like a 99 % rejection rate for fiction writers . With those kinds of odds , I ' m much better off at a craps table in Vegas . Still , I was foolhardy enough - and , like most writers , unreasonably optimistic - to think that I might creep into that glorious one percent .
Question: Why is the narrator so pessimistic at the moment ?
Option 0: Their writing is unlikely to get accepted .
Option 1: They lost their money at craps .
Option 2: They are in Las Vegas and have a gambling problem .
Option 3: None of the above choices .
Answer: 0