::headdesk::

[j_cheney]

I queried an editor who has had a story for 397 days.

I didn't actually intend to.

I located their confirmation e-mail yesterday just to check its date, and considered querying, but decided that their query e-mila addy wasn't likely to be the same as their automated confirmation addy, so I thought "I'll just close this and worry about it when it hits 400 days"

Except I must have hit "send" instead...

I got an e-mail from the asst editor today asking why I'd sent them a blank e-mail, so I figured I'd better go ahead and query...

Which means a rejection is soon forthcoming.

I feelz dumb.

Comments

[reudaly.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, the "twice shy" syndrome. Sounds like that unfavorable response to a query was a bad day on their part and not any fault of yours, though.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

We can talk someday, in person...not something I'm going to blab about on-line, but I was seriously annoyed.

[reudaly.livejournal.com]

Next convention breakfast. And I'll bring the rejection letter that was a "who pissed in his corn flakes" rejection. We'll be twice shy together.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Woo! Gotta hate that!

It's a date!

[reudaly.livejournal.com]

There ya go. It was a page and a half rant.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Yeesh!

[reudaly.livejournal.com]

I may have just deleted it. I've just cleaned out email up to this year. But it was this market who wanted hard boiled detective stories, but posted on Ralan. Apparently I was the last straw SF story he'd seen and he just went off on me. It was fun... NOT.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Ah, I think I saw that one, but I don't do HB....it's sort of like glimmer train posting there...why bother if you don't want specfic?

[reudaly.livejournal.com]

It was quite a while ago by someone who doesn't publish anymore. But yes, I have the same feelings. If you're not really in the market for it, why waste our time and theirs?