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 .
According to the above context, choose the best option to answer the following question.
Question: Why is the narrator so pessimistic at the moment ?
Options:
A. Their writing is unlikely to get accepted .
B. They lost their money at craps .
C. They are in Las Vegas and have a gambling problem .
D. None of the above choices .


A