Generally, on literary agents' websites they state that they will respond to a submission within six to eight weeks....do you think that stopped me from checking my email first thing today and again when I got home from work? Of course not! Much to my surprise there was actually a response tonight! I was so excited to open the email.....only to discover it was only a polite response letting me know that currently he is not accepting any fiction submissions. Great. That would have been useful information on their website.
I guess at least it was not an outright rejection.....right? So onwards and upwards or if I wanted to be more country-correct, keep a stiff upper lip. So what now? Well, of course I submit to another agent. I painstakingly go over every detail in my email. Checking grammar and spelling and every comma and full stop is in the right place. I press 'send' and my heart stops. I had misspelled THE NAME of my book in the subject bar!! Honestly, if I was an ostrich my head would be in the ground, if I was mole I would be completely buried under the ground...if I was one of the magical characters in one of my would be books, I would magically recall my email and send it off perfectly correct instead. AH! Frustration does not cover it. I mean for heaven's sake! The stiff upper lip is in danger of trembling and sagging into a self pitying pout.
Find out tomorrow if I get a reply saying LOL.
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