- Joined
- Nov 23, 2008
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- 36
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- Seoul, South Korea
- Website
- www.littlesarbonn.com
I've been professionally writing for twenty-five years now, and I have had a few doozies in my time. A couple of my favorites were:
1. "A series of jokes doth not make a good story...and your jokes doth not make me laugh"
2. In my bio section, I used to indicate that I was formerly a counterintelligence agent who worked for the US government. I received a two page rejection letter, and I mean LETTER, stating something to the effect of: "My husband was a captured POW and is MIA from Vietnam, and I blame the government for not doing anything about this, and I hate everyone who works for the government, and that's why I'm rejecting your cute story of little bunnies who love each other and want the world to be a better place."
3. One of my favorites:
March 1st: We love your book. We want to publish it.
March 20: We may not have enough money to publish your book. Sorry.
March 30: We still love your book, and we decided we're going to publish it.
April 5: The gas bill came, and boy was it high. We can't publish your book.
April 15: Wow, my tax return is going to be great. We're going to publish your book.
April 17: Sorry, I blew the money on beer. We can't publish your book.
April 25: Could you please send your book again. We lost our only copy.
How about yours?
1. "A series of jokes doth not make a good story...and your jokes doth not make me laugh"
2. In my bio section, I used to indicate that I was formerly a counterintelligence agent who worked for the US government. I received a two page rejection letter, and I mean LETTER, stating something to the effect of: "My husband was a captured POW and is MIA from Vietnam, and I blame the government for not doing anything about this, and I hate everyone who works for the government, and that's why I'm rejecting your cute story of little bunnies who love each other and want the world to be a better place."
3. One of my favorites:
March 1st: We love your book. We want to publish it.
March 20: We may not have enough money to publish your book. Sorry.
March 30: We still love your book, and we decided we're going to publish it.
April 5: The gas bill came, and boy was it high. We can't publish your book.
April 15: Wow, my tax return is going to be great. We're going to publish your book.
April 17: Sorry, I blew the money on beer. We can't publish your book.
April 25: Could you please send your book again. We lost our only copy.
How about yours?