Queries sent: 3; Rejections: 1

Of course it stings a little but it's most definitely not the end of the world. WS spoiled me. The first query I sent asked for a full; the second they wanted a partial. Maybe it's worse to be rejected on the work than the query. It was also a form letter. So it goes.

But hey, nothing to lose. No time wasted and one agency to be crossed off the list. I didn't expect to get picked up by the one that's already responded. They say they want lit fic but their site was full of chick lit. I figured it was worth a shot anyway since maybe they were looking & just didn't have anything yet (or sold yet). It was a beautifully-worded and encouraging rejection though. The only other form rejection I got was cold & had a note scribbled on "20k too long," so I got something useful out of it.

If I could change one thing about the rejection it wouldn't be that it is a rejection but that there'd be a note like that. Not for us. Not my style. No lit fic kthxbai. Hate your name. Hate your font. Badly-written synopsis. Whatever.

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