(This email thread went on for hours as we all bantered back and forth about it. They call themselves “The 238”).
As one of the happy 238, this has made my week!
mine too. Most absurd agent thing ever.
238 has a voice, many voices. Thanks for using yours, Lance!
http://thewritecatch.blogspot.com/2012/03/rejection-short-circuit.html
You’re welcome. Thanks for stopping by, Diana.
As one of the Happy 238, I salute you all! I can’t email the whole lot of you and don’t want to take the time to copy thirty addresses at a pop. I suggest we collect ourselves into groups by genre and form writers’ feedback groups to help each other. Maybe we can make our works more marketable by working with each other.
And I you. That’d be really cool depending on the experience of the writers involved. What do you do, odirony?
I’m doing YA fiction at the moment.
Awesome. Fantasy? Mystery? Literary?
It’s a mystery/adventure with hints of budding romance
Like Rear Window?
LOL, no not exactly. Girl might like boy. Boy might like boy. And in the meantime everyone’s trying not to be shot, kidnapped or killed.
Ah, cool. Sounds fun. Any MacGuffin?
Yeah, actually there are two.
Sweet! Would you hate me if I asked what they are?
No. A giant fish (no whale), a stranger in an abandoned mansion, (actually, there are three), smuggled crates.
Sounds interesting. Reminds me of Big Fish at first blush, which is a compliment. \
Thanks for the compliment. I have to go offline at the mo, but I quite enjoy your flattering interest. 😀
Hey, I figure if we can’t ask each other about our work, then what the heck are we doing?
Peace.
I am one of the poor souls of Writer House’s wrath.
*sympathy*
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BTW, if you guys like that, you might enjoy this:
Form Rejection for Unsound Agency Advice
that I made for a girl who was told to change the race of her main character.
I’m another of the 238, and to all the 238 I say check your email. (Yes, again!)
Print mag offer to do a story on us?
Yeah, I saw that. I entered my info and offered to do the article. We’ll see what turns up.
Too funny! Yes, this is a WANA moment. Go 238!
Seriously crazy. Thanks for stopping by, KL.
Hi! I still say we should crop out the poor assistant’s name, but otherwise, this is made of win! Here’s my blog post about it: http://dverted.blogspot.com/2012/03/funny-but-true-query-story.html
I love all the networking this has provided us. Just too fun!
Fixed it. Don’t do internet on the weekends. Thanks Donelle. And thanks for stopping by!
The many. The proud. The 238.
Stuck somewhere between despair and encouragement. As usual.
But at least, for once, stuck together.
Yeah, I’ve started getting encouraged one way or another.
Rejection = encouragement to go back to the drawing board.
Acceptance = encouragement to press on.
You can find my own spin on this here:
http://www.smdewitt.com/2012/03/mass-rejection-email-fail-oh-you.html
Thanks, Suzanne. And thanks for stopping by!
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You're so welcome!
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