tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090034241516458003.post6247784788391454811..comments2023-10-02T08:53:04.874-05:00Comments on The Book Boost Blog: Recovering from the Big "R" with Astraea Press Author: Liz BottsThe Book Boosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11453163420641824429noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090034241516458003.post-53830691149345502242013-03-19T16:14:25.075-05:002013-03-19T16:14:25.075-05:00Great advice, Liz. And I so agree about going bac...Great advice, Liz. And I so agree about going back after a distance of time and re-reading the rejection. Like yours, there's often a jernal of positivity in there which helps to lessen the sting of the rejection.SherryGLoaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934189163201067429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090034241516458003.post-1657734366479060902013-03-10T23:43:54.154-05:002013-03-10T23:43:54.154-05:00Well, there's something that hurts every bit a...Well, there's something that hurts every bit as much as rejection ... if not more --- when you don't hear back at all.<br />I was invited by an agent (whom I had contacted) to send a FULL of Ms. # 4. I did. She and I corresponded a few times over the next six mos. Then her web site announced that she'd been busy, been traveling, been relocating, etc. A notice indicated if she'd already had our submission for 6 mos or more and wanted to send a revised version -- on the correct notion that I (and others, presumably) was continuing to work on Ms # 4 -- that we could send it in and she'd read that insted of the old version. Once she got to it. She made a big deal about reading things in the order she received them. <br />Well, I was still very enthusiastic throughout that entire first year. But then she stopped answering email. The office email just bounced back a message that she wasn't taking new submissions.<br />Short version, after 3+ years, i haven't heard a word about my sub.<br />I would much rather she had sent it back and said SOMETHING. I can understand several variations of "I'm not interested" ... but leaving me hanging is horrible.jeff7salterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00530506418169450704noreply@blogger.com