Okay, this is getting too scary for me.
I've sent out about ten initial packets to horror publishers for my book. Here's the good part; every single company (except one who was not reading, though their website still says otherwise) that I have heard from (for a total of 7) have all replied with personal notes that address specific parts of my book (so they're not simple form letters) and all have been praiseworthy! One had both good and bad to say but several really made my day! One called the book "macabre and chilling" and another said it was "excellent." I've had lots of compliments on plot, character, and research, and only one complaint about the dialogue in certain scenes. Great, right?
So here's the bad part. Every letter has been a rejection.
I feel like I want to bang my head into a wall. One would be something but seven? It's nuts: I get the rejection and end up walking around on clound nine all day because they said something nice about it until I get all depressed because it's been rejected.
Has anyone else had this experience? Are horror publishers just nicer than others (don't want any image problems because all the books they sell involve murder and mayhem?) I realize that this is likely a rhetorical question but....huh?
I've sent out about ten initial packets to horror publishers for my book. Here's the good part; every single company (except one who was not reading, though their website still says otherwise) that I have heard from (for a total of 7) have all replied with personal notes that address specific parts of my book (so they're not simple form letters) and all have been praiseworthy! One had both good and bad to say but several really made my day! One called the book "macabre and chilling" and another said it was "excellent." I've had lots of compliments on plot, character, and research, and only one complaint about the dialogue in certain scenes. Great, right?
So here's the bad part. Every letter has been a rejection.
I feel like I want to bang my head into a wall. One would be something but seven? It's nuts: I get the rejection and end up walking around on clound nine all day because they said something nice about it until I get all depressed because it's been rejected.
Has anyone else had this experience? Are horror publishers just nicer than others (don't want any image problems because all the books they sell involve murder and mayhem?) I realize that this is likely a rhetorical question but....huh?
Just send it out to the next places on your list--and be careful about simultaneously submitting, unless the guidelines specifically say it's okay.
