April 4, 2006
Stupidity and Submissions
I want to swear. I want to curse in big tall caps. Today I sent out a partial for Living Lies. (I received a rejection Friday so I had to send out a new query. I usually have about five out at a time. For every rejection I get, I send out a new query. It’s my own strange, little system, pay me no mind.)
So after battling my piece-of-crap printer until I have something clear and legible, I finally put the package together and drop it in the mailbox. There, all done. But when I get back to my desk, I find the SASE sitting next to my keyboard instead of in the envelope I just mailed.
Now in the grand scheme of things this is not the end of the world. If the editor would like to read more of the book, they could certainly contact me through some alternate means of communication. If they don’t, well after a length of time I would assume the work had been rejected. And with my mounting pile of rejection letters there is a certain level of expectation that this will be the end result, anyway.
What truly bothers about the situation is that when said editor receives my little package and realizes that I have neglected to include a SASE they’ll think that A) I am an idiot and can not read or follow basic instructions. –Granted, not including the SASE certainly doesn’t make me a genius.– or B) I just couldn’t be bothered to read or comprehend the basic instructions. Either way, not my finest moment.
Mood: Grrr!
Music: None
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