IMPATIENCE

From: Author

Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 3:13 PM
Subject: IMPATIENCE

Hi

I decided to resubmit my novel because I overhauled the book.  I did an extensive revision.  I felt it was worth a try. The new publisher has the new version.  

What bugs me is that this first publisher kept me waiting so long for a rejection.  Why didn't he just reject it right away?  Why did I have to wait another month?  He's a jerk.  

By the way, I saved the copy of his rejection letter, just in cast he tries to sue me after my book is a  huge success.  If he claims he wanted to publish me but I refused to work with him, I'll have his rejection letter to prove he was the one who dumped me.

Am I crazy or what?  I sound like some of the characters on my favorite soap opera.  So full of myself.

love,

[Author]
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Um... Yeah. That was the reply I received. I laughed out loud. Is she in on the joke? I don't know. I wanted to write back about how if she had written this kind of self-awareness into her novel about the idiot writer—or better yet, just had this much self-awareness earlier in her career—she might not be in this position. But then I looked back at the paragraph about how the editor is a jerk for not rejecting her within minutes of receiving her email. So instead I sent her questions. I mean, there haven't been enough posts here lately... 

Hi,

What did you change to overhaul your book?

And how did you never mention that all the times that I asked what was going on with the book...?

Love,
[Me]