How silly am I? Rejection imminent?

Having not sent off any novel WIP for years, after request for partials, in my excitement I sent them off without title pages and no paper clip. This only just dawned on me this morning when I was reading something that reminded me what an author does when being professional and not trying to irritate said agents

Least if I don't get request for fulls I can blame it on that. I can imagine said agents opening up my parcel and the WIP falling out everywhere and them snatching up the pages and using them as basketball practice with their bins - and who could blame them?

I wonder how many people have sent off WIPs with something missing, like cover letters or paper clips or something?

You are all very sweet, although I think I'll hang onto stupidity being the reason if I don't get to send out fulls. I hate the idea that rejection could mean I really waisted a couple of years on something that no-one might like, or worst that I should have spent another couple of years on it before submitting.

Time will surely tell.

happywritermon thanks for the kind thoughts about my sister's site. We will find out December this year if the NSW Police Commissioner will offer a reward for information regarding her disappearance.

I forwarded the same time I posted this post an email about my concerns to an annoymous Austalian literary agent who blogs - Agent Sydney - Call my Agent.

Below is her response. I found the last paragraph tempting, but well, then I think I'd just be annoying.

http://callmyagent.blogspot.com/

What's cute? Me, them, or Agent Sydney?

Could Agent Sydney be????.... LOL maddening stuff - although said agents are in VIC.

But regardless, I see, I've made a little mistake, and well, must now live by the sword despite the big, big urge to try to tell them I'm not a snowflake (Firedrake- sorry, I just borrowed the term)

Yeah, I had a header with book title and first initial and surname.