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Mailed an entire manuscript to CANADA - by airmail September 9th, 2004. The agent said she was so excited to read it, because she had just returned from a Vegas vacation. She couldn't wait!
She got it by October ......I emailed her to ask, she said, yes ..it was there.
December 4th ... I asked her if she had read it, she emails me back "
Dear Pamela,
I know it’s hard to wait as an author, but trust me when I say that we all have to do a lot of waiting in publishing. I’m going to try and get to it before the year is out but I am the only reader and I get about 5 to 10 submissions a day via email and post depending. I have yours in line but I have not yet had a chance to get to it.
If you want to have others look at it simultaneously, I do understand. Just keep me posted of how things progress as I have to do my submission reading on my free time of which there is very little. So I do ask writers to tell me if they are thinking of going elsewhere. Otherwise, I am doing all I can to get to this as soon as possible.
And then - TODAY - March 25th - I get this email :
Dear Pamela,
Many thanks for your submission and interest in TLA. After thorough consideration I’m afraid this doesn’t sound right for my list. But I wish you the very best of luck with your writing endeavors in the future.
So .......I waited over 6 months for her to reject me. I had to copy my manuscript and send it airmail to CANADA. So, why after 6 months, doesn't it "sound right for her list?" Its not like she didnt' read several chapters before requesting it ... and it was "right for her list then."
Thanks for nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She got it by October ......I emailed her to ask, she said, yes ..it was there.
December 4th ... I asked her if she had read it, she emails me back "
Dear Pamela,
I know it’s hard to wait as an author, but trust me when I say that we all have to do a lot of waiting in publishing. I’m going to try and get to it before the year is out but I am the only reader and I get about 5 to 10 submissions a day via email and post depending. I have yours in line but I have not yet had a chance to get to it.
If you want to have others look at it simultaneously, I do understand. Just keep me posted of how things progress as I have to do my submission reading on my free time of which there is very little. So I do ask writers to tell me if they are thinking of going elsewhere. Otherwise, I am doing all I can to get to this as soon as possible.
And then - TODAY - March 25th - I get this email :
Dear Pamela,
Many thanks for your submission and interest in TLA. After thorough consideration I’m afraid this doesn’t sound right for my list. But I wish you the very best of luck with your writing endeavors in the future.
So .......I waited over 6 months for her to reject me. I had to copy my manuscript and send it airmail to CANADA. So, why after 6 months, doesn't it "sound right for her list?" Its not like she didnt' read several chapters before requesting it ... and it was "right for her list then."
Thanks for nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!