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Feb. 19th, 2006 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cblj_backupOkay, so I've been sending various works of original fiction around to agents and publishers. Today I got a letter back from the William Morris Agency, which was a long shot to begin with so I'm not exactly broken up about it. Still, comparatively
"Thank you very much for your letter. I have now read your query and unfortunately was not sufficiently enthusiastic about your synopsis to request further material."
is pretty harsh, for a rejection letter. Most other form letters at least put out the effort to be polite.
That's not what really confuses me however. What really confuses me is that the letter is addressed to "Dear E.S. Frank".
Now, I am known by many names, but E.S. Frank has definitely never been one of them. So I'm trying to figure out whether they're rejecting me and insulting me, or whether it's only poor E.S. Frank whose synopsis bores them so.
Either way, Mr. Frank, I think we can both agree that William Morris needs to learn some manners.
"Thank you very much for your letter. I have now read your query and unfortunately was not sufficiently enthusiastic about your synopsis to request further material."
is pretty harsh, for a rejection letter. Most other form letters at least put out the effort to be polite.
That's not what really confuses me however. What really confuses me is that the letter is addressed to "Dear E.S. Frank".
Now, I am known by many names, but E.S. Frank has definitely never been one of them. So I'm trying to figure out whether they're rejecting me and insulting me, or whether it's only poor E.S. Frank whose synopsis bores them so.
Either way, Mr. Frank, I think we can both agree that William Morris needs to learn some manners.
