SASE for full to Harlequin?

celoise · Mar 14, 2012

Harlequin Nocturne requested I send them a full. The request was in a letter that I received, along with my submitted first three chapters, in my original SASE. So, when I send the full, do I send another SASE? The letter didn't say to, but I don't want to commit a faux pas this early on by not doing it when they expect it ... Thanks in advance for any help!

celoise · Mar 15, 2012

Despite the mass of replies of amazing advice, I put on my big girl britches and sent it without an SASE. Thanks to folks who pondered -- but didn't know the answer to -- my question.

Ken · Mar 15, 2012

... what I might have done would have been to call and ask. Editors and publishing house peeps are often okay with questions of that sort. (I'm sure it's fine w/o the SASE. All that'll happen is that they won't return the ms.)

G'luck

celoise · Mar 15, 2012

Oh. *bites nails* Well, it can't be a bad thing if they don't send it back ... right? Or does that just mean it went in the trash? Well, too late now. I'll just stop obsessing. Any minute now.

Nightmelody · Mar 15, 2012

I don't think it matters to the editor, just to the writer. They will either plunk it in a return envelope or plunk it in the trash can if they reject it. The writer might like it back in case there are handy notes in the margins, or in case it is still clean and can be sent to another print publisher.

SASE for full to Harlequin?

celoise

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celoise

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Ken

celoise

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Nightmelody