tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24452126069472117852024-03-13T19:26:52.101+00:00The Rejected AuthorDominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-28266413925605066582008-07-22T18:03:00.004+01:002008-07-22T18:06:52.050+01:00Rejection #26<p><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:180%;" >Rejection #26 William Morris Agency (UK) Ltd</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /></span></p><blockquote style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">22 July</span><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;" > 2008</span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;" >Dear Dominic,</span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;" >Thank you for approaching William Morris regarding representation for your book, THE VOICES OF LIGHT AND DARK.</span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;" >While we enjoyed the concept, unfortunately your book is not quite right for; we don’t generally represent sci-fi authors and their work. You may well be aware of such resources already, but I encourage you to obtain a copy of a book like the WRITERS' AND ARTISTS' YEARBOOK, which could direct you to an agency with more suitable specialties. </span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;" >I am very sorry to write to you with this disappointing response. I wish you the best of luck in seeking representation at another agency. </span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style="font-size:130%;">With kind regards,<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-size:130%;">William Morris Literary Division</span> <span style="font-size:130%;"></span></blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >(234 left to go)</span></span>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-80805182539427146552008-05-31T11:53:00.003+01:002008-05-31T11:55:31.668+01:00Rejection #25<p><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 180%;">Rejection #25 Waywiser Press</span><br /><br /></span></p><blockquote style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">Dear Mr Took<br /><br />Thank you for sending us the chapters from your books <span style="font-style: italic;">(The Storms of Acias & The Voices of Light and Dark) </span>I'm afraid I don't think either would be suitable for our list, but am grateful to you for allowing us to consider them.<br /><br />I wish you good luck elsewhere.<br /><br />Yours Sincerely,<br /><br />Philip Hoy<br /></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 180%;">(235 left to go)</span></span>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-33481279613483422772008-05-09T11:01:00.003+01:002008-05-09T11:04:23.431+01:00Rejection #24<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;">Rejection #24 Kunati</span><br /><br /></span><blockquote style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dear Dominic<br /><br />Thank you for querying Kunati regarding your novel The Voices of Light and Dark. I’m sorry to tell you that we’re going to pass on it. It is simply not what we’re looking for at Kunati at this time. I wish you all success with it.<br /><br />James</span></blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;">(236 left to go)</span></span>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-1434591072456876442008-04-17T20:49:00.002+01:002008-04-17T20:50:10.741+01:00Rejection #23<p style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span lang="en-US">Rejection #23 Matthew Bialer<br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span lang="en-US"></span></span></span></p><blockquote style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dear Dominic,<br /><br />Thanks for the sample chapters. Sorry it took this long to get back to you!<br /><br />Unfortunately I am not going to offer representation. The idea really is intriguing, and it is obvious that you feel passionate about this story. That being said, hard science fiction is a tough sell at the best of times, and there isn't really much of a market for it right now. I just don't think that I'm enthusiastic enough about this to be your most successful advocate.<br /><br />Please remember that this is only one opinion. Thanks again for your interest, and best of luck for the future.<br /><br />Best wishes. M<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></blockquote><p lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"></span></p> <p lang="en-US"><span style=";font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:100%;" ><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions.</span></span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(237 left to go)</span></span></em></span></p>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-52869141184726207702008-04-17T10:30:00.001+01:002008-04-17T10:32:18.563+01:00Rejection #22<p style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span lang="en-US">Rejection #22 Canongate<br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span lang="en-US"></span></span></span></p><blockquote style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hi Dominic<br /><br />Thanks for your patience while I’ve been considering the novel. I’m afraid that it’s not for us. I enjoyed the concept, but we don’t specialise in books of a specifically sci-fi nature, unless we feel we break them out to a wider audience or that they’re truly exceptional. But you seem to be doing well and getting yourself out there, and there are other publishers, such as Orbit, Gollancz, Abaddon Books and Titan who this might really appeal to.<br /><br />Best<br /><br />Dan<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></blockquote><p lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"></span></p> <p lang="en-US"><span style=";font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:100%;" ><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions.</span></span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(238 left to go)</span></span></em></span></p>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-8949815977394071342008-03-31T14:13:00.002+01:002008-03-31T14:15:49.135+01:00Rejection #21<p style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span lang="en-US">Rejection #21 Anubis Literary Agency<br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span lang="en-US"></span></span></span></p><blockquote style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Thank you for giving this agency the chance to consider your work. </span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" style="font-size:130%;">Unfortunately</span><span style="font-size:130%;">, the material that you are proposing is not quite what we are looking for. We realise this will come as a disappointment but please bear in mind another agency may well feel differently.</span></blockquote><p lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"></span></p> <p lang="en-US"><span style=";font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:100%;" ><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions.</span></span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(239 left to go)</span></span></em></span></p>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-18715459011746939342008-03-31T13:51:00.002+01:002008-03-31T14:08:28.450+01:00Rejection #20<p style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span lang="en-US">Rejection #20 United Agents - Charlotte Knee<br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span lang="en-US"></span></span></span></p><blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Dear Dominic</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Many thanks for giving me the opportunity to read your sample material from VOICES OF LIGHT AND DARK. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Your concept is very engaging and your writing style competent. However I wasn’t gripped by the material, and don’t feel passionately about it to be able to confidently represent it to publishers on your behalf. Therefore I don’t believe that I am the right agent for you. Of course my opinion is purely subjective and others may and will think otherwise. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I wish you all the best with your work</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">With very best wishes</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Yours</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Robert Kirby </span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></blockquote><p lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"></span></p> <p lang="en-US"><span style=";font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:100%;" ><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions.</span></span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(240 left to go)</span></span></em></span></p>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-22254087153201409662008-03-30T14:31:00.004+01:002008-03-30T14:44:05.098+01:00Rejection #19<p style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span lang="en-US">Rejection #19 Little, Brown<br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span lang="en-US"></span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear Dominic Took,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for sending your book proposal to </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" >Piatkus</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> and we apologise for any delay in responding.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am afraid that, after careful consideration, we have decided it is not quite right for our list. However, we appreciate having had the opportunity to consider your material, and wish you luck placing it elsewhere.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for your </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" >interest</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> in </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" >Piatkus</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yours </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" >sincerely</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Editorial Department</span></span><br /></blockquote><p lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"></span></p> <p lang="en-US"><span style=";font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:100%;" ><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions.</span></span></em></span></p><p lang="en-US"><span style=";font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:100%;" ><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">PS, if your wondering <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">I'm</span> also about to start sending out my fourth novel, which I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">haven't</span> yet disclosed the title of. Currently <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">I'm</span> editing the book, before I send it off to agents and publishers all over again.<br /></span></span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(241 left to go)</span></span></em></span></p>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-68959368419024562812008-03-25T18:12:00.001+00:002008-03-25T18:17:52.245+00:00Rejection #18<p style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span lang="en-US">Rejection #18 Donald Maass Lit Agency</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span lang="en-US"></span></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span lang="en-US">Dear Dominic:</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US">Thank you for your recent query letter. I appreciate your patience while I’ve considered your project.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US">Unfortunately, I'm afraid I must pass on your novel</span></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"><i>.</i></span></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US"> I represent a very full list of authors and must be highly selective in adding to it.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US">Thanks again for thinking of me. Please accept my best wishes for your project’s success.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US">Sincerely:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="en-US">DONALD MAASS</span></span></p> <p lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:130%;">DM/ks</span></p></blockquote><p lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"></span></p> <p lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:100%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(242 left to go)</span></span></em></span></p>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-9819332651840102672008-03-25T17:38:00.005+00:002008-03-25T17:55:31.688+00:00Rejection #17<blockquote style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-size:180%;">Rejection #17 Johnson & Alcock Ltd</span><br /><br /></span></span></em><blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US">Dear Dominic,<br /><br />Many thanks for contacting us about your work. Unfortunately we didn't think this was right for the areas on which we focus.<br /><br />Thank you for thinking of us and we wish you all the best in finding representation elsewhere.</span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"><br /><br />Best Wishes,<br />Ed Wilson</span></span></em></span></blockquote><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"></span></span></em></span></blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"></span></span></em></span></blockquote> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions.</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(243 left to go)</span></em></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-63407803284358310452008-03-18T18:15:00.003+00:002008-03-18T18:23:48.188+00:00Rejection #16<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #16<span> </span><span>Toby Eady Associates</span></span></span></em></span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></em></p><blockquote><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></em><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US">Dear Dominic,<br /><br />Thank you for sending this through. I’m afraid we would not be the right agency for your work but I wish you the best of luck finding representation elsewhere.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Jamie</span></span></em></span></blockquote><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"></span></span></span></em><p></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions.<br /></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(244 left to go)</span></em></span></p>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-22009090644932802532008-03-17T17:18:00.001+00:002008-03-17T17:36:24.611+00:00Rejection #15<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #15 Darley Anderson</span></span></em></span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></em><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US">"Dear Dominic Took,</span></span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US">Thank you</span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"> for giving the DARLEY ANDERSON AGENCY a chance to consider your work.</span></span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US">We are replying as soon as possible to give you the best chance of finding the right agent. We specialise in commercial fiction and non-fiction tailor made for the mass market and therefore we have to be confident of substantial sales quantities before taking on a project.</span></span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US">Don't be too disheartened by this letter - due to huge pressure of work, we have to be very selective - we receive 300 submissions per week and can only take on two or three new writers a year.</span></span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US">We wish you luck elsewhere.</span></span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US">Yours sincerely,</span></span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="en-US">Camilla Bolton<br />DAA"</span></span></em></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(245 left to go)</span></em></span></p>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445212606947211785.post-11243793245521591032008-03-17T16:37:00.000+00:002008-03-17T17:16:03.731+00:00Rejection #1-#14<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>March 13, 2008</h3> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #14 Jack Byrne</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">"Dear Mr. Took:</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">I wish to thank you for giving me an opportunity to review the opening pages of your book. You’ve obviously put a great deal of time and effort into it. </span></span></span></span></em> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">However, I currently have enough clients to keep me more than comfortably busy and I’m afraid that I simply didn’t find the story (and the telling of it) compelling enough to add it to my already crowded list. I’ve tried to make it a policy to never take on material unless I am both personally and professionally excited enough about it to give it and the author the attention they deserve; to do otherwise would be unfair to us both. Please remember that this is a highly arbitrary decision; other agents might feel differently.</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">I wish you the best of luck in finding representation elsewhere.</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Yours,</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Jack Byrne</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Sternig & Byrne Literary Agency"</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(246 left to go)</span></span></span></em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6928"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>March 10, 2008 - Rejection #13</h3> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #13 </span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Rosemary Canter (United Agents)</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">"</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Dear Dominic</span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I’m sorry to disappoint you, but have to say that although I was interested by your writing, I didn’t feel sufficiently strongly about it to think I would be the right agent for you.</span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I do hope you will have more success elsewhere.</span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">All best wishes,</span></span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Rosemary Canter</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(247 left to go)</span></span></span></em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6903"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>March 8, 2008 - Rejection #12</h3> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #12 </span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Marjacq Scripts</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">"</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thank you for your submission to Marjacq Scripts. Unfortunately, we did not feel that the agency could place this successfully on your behalf. </span></span></em> </p> <p><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">May we wish you the best of luck in your search for representation.</span></span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Marjacq Scripts"</span></span></span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></span></p> <p><br /> </p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I'd just like to add that this rejection was photocopied and wasn't signed. If your not sure what this means, it often means the Manuscript wasn't read, or that it was only given a quick look.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(248 left to go)</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6892"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>March 7, 2008 - Rejection #11</h3> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #11 Writer's House</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">"Dear Dominic,</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Thank you for contacting Merrilee Heifetz about representation for your novel THE VOICES OF LIGHT AND DARK. Your proposal has been considered, but I regret that our office will not be offering representation at this time. </span></span></span></em> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">The concept behind your idea is interesting, however I’m afraid we didn’t respond with the rare enthusiasm we believe necessary to give you the kind of service your work deserves. Furthermore, due to Merrilee’s full client list, she must limit the number of new projects she agrees to undertake. </span></span></span></em> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">I sincerely apologize for the impersonal nature of this reply—we receive hundreds of submissions each month. Please accept our best wishes for your project’s success and thank you for thinking of Writers House. </span></span></span></em> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Sincerely,</span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Kari Torson</span></span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">On behalf of Merrilee Heifetz</span></span></span></em><em>”</em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></span></p> <p><br /> </p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(249 left to go)</span></span></span></p> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6891"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>March 7, 2008 - Rejection #10</h3> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #10 Ashley Grayson</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US"><br />"OK, I'll pass for the moment. Frankly I didn't even read the four pages of dense tiny type. </span></span></span></span></em> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I quit right after the second sentence. A novel is a story; a novel is not a discussion of an imponderable question. It's OK to explore such a topic in fiction, but you can't let the reader know your purpose and you can't ever use the promise of "important concepts" to tempt the reader to read the book. </span></span></em> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The paragraph in the email is not at all enticing.</span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Try studying the suggestions at:</span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><a href="http://www.lisagardner.com/tricks/synopsis.htm"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">http://www.lisagardner.com/tricks/synopsis.htm</span></span></a></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">When you can get this down into short paragraphs, submit again.”</span></span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></span></p> <p><br /> </p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(250 left to go)</span></span></span></p> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6890"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>March 7, 2008 - Rejection #9</h3> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #9 John Jarrold</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US"><br />"Dear Dominic</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">As promised, I have now read your material – apologies for the delay. I can see the imagination and intelligence at work here, but I can’t honestly say I loved it. After fifteen years in publishing, I'm all too aware how difficult it is to get a publisher interested in a new writer, so I feel that I do have to love my clients' work - personally and professionally - to do the best possible job. If I don't feel that strongly, I'm the wrong agent. Publishing in a notoriously subjective industry, and you need both an agent and an editor who do love your work. Sadly, I just didn’t get fully involved in the story or characters.</span></span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">All best wishes for the future, and apologies again for the delay - just pressure of work.</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Yours</span></span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">John Jarrold<br />Website: </span></span></span></span></em><em><a href="http://www.johnjarrold.co.uk/"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">http://www.johnjarrold.co.uk/</span></span></span></span></a></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">”</span></span></span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></span></p> <p><br /> </p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(251 left to go)</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6849"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>March 4, 2008 - Rejection #8</h3> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #8 Janklow & Nesbit (UK) Ltd</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US"><br />"</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Dear Dominic Took,</span></span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Many thanks for sending in a sample of your work for our consideration.<br />I am terribly sorry but circumstances require us to be highly selective in terms of representation. I am afraid this is not for us and I must therefore turn down your kind offer on this occasion.</span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I sincerely wish you every success with your writing in the future and thank you once again for allowing us to see your work.</span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Best wishes,"<br /></span></span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(252 left to go)</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6820"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>March 1, 2008 - Rejection #7</h3> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #7 Aitken Alexander</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US"><br />"</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Dear Dominic,</span></span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thank you for your recent submission which we have considered with care. I fear we not feel able to offer the representation you seek.</span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We wish you every good fortune with your work in the future.</span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Signed,</span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Aitken Alexander Associates</span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">”</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></span></p> <p><br /> </p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(253 left to go)</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6810"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>February 29, 2008 - Rejection #6</h3> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #6 Raft Representation</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">"</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thanks for sending them so quickly. I've had a quick read and I'm afraid I'll have to be a bit harsh. The synopsis is quite badly written and poorly structured which is not encouraging. I would recommend you re-write it to, perhaps, explain what the novel aims to achieve (is it just fun/entertainment, or is it saying something deeper about humanity/reality, for instance?). A lot of agents and publishers only look at the synopsis and decide to say 'no' at that stage - I always read some of the book too as a synopsis is actually probably harder to write than the book itself. I've seen some very bad synopses for quite good books. So I've started reading the sample chapters, but I'm afraid you lost my interest almost immediately. The very opening phrase of the book is really clumsy and I'm afraid I found the prose style off-putting. It's also the opening phrase of a long, convoluted sentence with too many clauses and actually a lack of clarity of meaning ... what does "A flicker of bright light in his distant memory began to fade" mean? A flicker implies it was small - the bright says the opposite- then you say it is distant, and it's fading too. In other words this bright light, whatever it was, is barely there at all. So how or why is this significant? This is just confusing and as your opening statement it lacks drama and meaning. Reading on for another 3 pages didn't really help - a lot of the phrasing was clumsy or overstated "The sequence of events that had begun to unfold was what he had seen a thousand times before.." is a heavy way of saying "He had seen this a thousand times before...". As you can imagine I'm inundated with manuscripts as are most publishers and agents - so I don't have time to persist if the beginning doesn't engage me. Writers really have to grab the reader at the </span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u>very </u></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">beginning which this just failed to do for me. It might be that the book picks up or has something to recommend it, but if that can't be found at the outset it's going to be hard to get anyone to look seriously at it.<br /><br />I'm sorry to be negative - and I'd never want to put anyone off trying to write or trying to get published. While I'm afraid I can't help you with this book, I do hope someone can! But I do think you need to at the very least edit it and reconsider the beginning.<br /><br />Good luck, and thanks for showing it to me.<br />Adrian"</span></span></span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""><span style="font-size:7;"> <br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></span></p> <p><br /> </p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(254 left to go)</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6780"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>February 28, 2008 - Rejection #5</h3> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #5 Snowbooks</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">"Hello,</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Thank you so much for your submission. I’m afraid that Snowbooks will not be able to publish your manuscript, but I do wish you the best of luck in finding a suitable publisher.</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Kind regards,</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Anna</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">”</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></span></p> <p><br /> </p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(255 left to go)</span></span></span></p> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6779"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>February 28, 2008 - Rejection #4</h3> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Rejection #4 Maggie McKernan Lit Agency</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en-US"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">"I don’t think this would be right for me.</span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">.”</span></span></span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></span></p> <p><br /> </p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(256 left to go)</span></span></span></p> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6778"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>February 28, 2008 - Rejection #3</h3> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Rejection #3 </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">Antony Harwood Ltd</span></span></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></span><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"</span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Thank you for your message.</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I’m afraid we don’t feel able to offer representation for your novel</span></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">-but thank you again for approaching us.”</span></span></em><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(257 left to go)</span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6777"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>February 28, 2008 - Rejection #2</h3> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Rejection #2 </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span lang="en-US">PFD</span></span></span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></span><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"</span></span></em><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Dear Dominic,</span></span></span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;" lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thank you for sending me the sample chapters of your manuscript.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;" lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">On balance, I don't feel that I am going to be the right agent for you - I am sorry but do wish you all the very best. I hope you find an agent and a publisher before too long.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">There are as many opinions out there as there agents prepared to read your work so please keep going. The website <a href="http://www.agentsassoc.co.uk/">www.agentsassoc.co.uk</a> is a useful source of names and addresses.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.5cm;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Wishing you all the very best,</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en-US">Simon Trewin”</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way. This rejection was sent even though I hadn't submitted the work yet, I merely asked for a proposal. Just goes to show, sometimes they might not even read the proposal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(258 left to go)</span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Wondering what this is?</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />See http://thediary.org/therejectedauthor/6776/Rejection+%231+%2B+Intro+%28The+Rejected+Author%29.html</span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="e6776"></a><br /></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <col width="256*"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"> <h3>February 28, 2008 - Rejection #1 + Intro (The Rejected Author)</h3> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Wondering what this is?</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br />My name is Dominic Took, I'm a self published Author and I'm 21, I'm also Dyslexic. Like so many other people I am attempting to break into the publishing market and after seeing so many things out there about it, but few people actually knowing the TRUTH about our lives. I wanted to make it very clear. This is rejection No 1, I have about 5 for my new title and I have about 18 for my other title (Not many). Each rejection is a big plus.<br /><br />Why did I set this diary up? My goal is to reach 250-300 submissions this year, e.g. End of December 08. Why am I aiming for so many submissions? Because A) It seems that a select few authors who got their publishing deal, had to reach this number before they were seen, or even looked at and B) With what I now know about submissions not getting read, submissions being automatically rejected, submissions being read but not being right for the market, not right for the agent, not right for the publisher. Submissions getting halfway to the publisher and then being thrown back again. The edit not being right the proof not being right, etc etc etc. Feel free to count them.<br />With this knowledge, I know that I must submit as often as I can. Not just on principle, but because the ODDS are stacked against me. As Derren Brown recently said on Channel 4, not impossible, just highly improbable. Regardless of whether that was just another apart of his illusion, I can take stock in what he said. So here is rejection #1!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Rejection #1 Artellus Limited</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /><br /></span><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"It's clean + setup </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">- But i'm not convinced - characters are underdeveloped + the world is not fleshed out."<br /></span></span></em><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"Reaction to fiction is very subjective - Good Luck! Yours Artellus"</span></span></em><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />All rejections are posted AS they were printed or written onto my submissions. They are not fake and I have not altered them in any way.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;">(259 left to go)</span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>Dominic Tookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791139387075987833noreply@blogger.com0