tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post4656364106018078327..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: My new approach to rejection lettersJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-42529761664168902672008-03-17T21:49:00.000-04:002008-03-17T21:49:00.000-04:00LOLSince my rejection collection has been growing ...LOL<BR/><BR/>Since my rejection collection has been growing over the past year or so -- from tiny slips of "no" to warm, complimentary emails on partials and fulls -- I am all for the implementation of "belum."<BR/><BR/>I've been reading this blog for a couple of weeks and am regularly informed and amused. Thank you!Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152864517879808705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-26618526169089821332008-03-17T13:38:00.000-04:002008-03-17T13:38:00.000-04:00Well, allowing one's hopes to remain raised is one...Well, allowing one's hopes to remain raised is one of the niceties of saying "no" by saying "not yet." It doesn't actually mean it's any less of a "no" though.<BR/><BR/>Indonesians are nothing, if not polite, except for every so often when they run amok (another Indonesian word.)Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12159273255443369708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-82903515661391292872008-03-17T11:02:00.000-04:002008-03-17T11:02:00.000-04:00"All of a sudden anti-bellum sounds really nice."-..."All of a sudden anti-bellum sounds really nice."-- Bill E. GoatSha'el, Princess of Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14049854555801812071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-7409121938307669092008-03-17T10:15:00.000-04:002008-03-17T10:15:00.000-04:00But sometimes agents say--and mean--"not yet." Th...But sometimes agents say--and mean--"not yet." They say "This isn't right for me but keep me in mind for future projects." Back when I was agent-hunting, I used to like getting those "belum" rejections, because it meant that I didn't completely suck.Margaret Yanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464624057491288244noreply@blogger.com