I get that it's a reject blah blah, but heres the intriguing question. My name is Justin, I signed the cover letter that way and wrote my name on the submission following the general submission format rules. The editor addressed me as Ivan, the name of the main character of the story. It wasn't in first person even... I'm not sure if he was placating me or making a joke or maybe my character really got into his head or what...
What do you make of this?
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I get that it's a reject blah blah, but heres the intriguing question. My name is Justin, I signed the cover letter that way and wrote my name on the submission following the general submission format rules. The editor addressed me as Ivan, the name of the main character of the story. It wasn't in first person even... I'm not sure if he was placating me or making a joke or maybe my character really got into his head or what...
My best guess is the editor, or whoever filled out the rejection form, was having a bad day. Their eyes skipped a line and saw "Ivan" when they were typing instead of "Justin".
The editor may have been rushed or may not have had his/her morning coffee yet. Similar things have happened to me, where I get a rejection letter addressed to the wrong name. At least no one's called me "Ivan" yet.
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More than likely an honest mistake. At least the name was from your work and not from someone else's submission. 
This happens.
I guess they can't come up with a creative way to reject your work so they use a generic term.
I guess they can't come up with a creative way to reject your work so they use a generic term.
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Wandering Sensei said:
It could be worse. The time for us to worry is when it says "Dear Never-will-be."
I once got someone else's rejection letter in my SASE. I sent it on to him, with a little note saying better luck next time. Never heard back from the rejected author or the agent.
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