Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Reject me, please!

A hilarious but painful howl in the wilderness.

8 comments:

Aimee said...

Credits only get you so far. Kind of like proposals.

Rebecca Knight said...

Awwww... At least he's not giving up!

I'm thankful that the writing community can laugh about stuff like this :). Mostly.

Annette Lyon said...

Holy crap, that sounds like my life.

On the up side, on the rare occasion I DO get a response, it's almost always, "You've got a compelling story and great writing. I'm sure it'll find a home, but I don't think *I* can sell it."

Fan-flipping-tastic. ARGH.

In the meantime, at least I have a publisher. They're small enough that they don't use agents--which has pros . . . and cons.

Chumplet - Sandra Cormier said...

As my mother would say, "Gawd love 'im."

LIRW said...

Thanks for linking to this - I wouldn't have seen it otherwise and might possibly go on thinking I'm the only writer out there still waiting for some sign my queries etc were not caught up in the agent's alien abduction.
- Jen McA

Rodell said...

Hey, Janet, thanks for the link. What a nice surprise. You, btw, are the gold standard for responses. You promptly rejected the hell out of my query. And I was grateful. Honest.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Chris R.
www.EightDaysToAmish.com

Bernita said...

" fastidious query letters"
I like his use of adjectives.

stacy said...

Good luck, Rodell!