No
matter how hard you try or how careful you are mistakes still happen. As I said in yesterday’s log I always go back
to the agent’s website before submitting to verify they’re still open to
queries and to reread their submission guidelines. Even with that extra step I still managed to
foul one up. One mistaken out of
twenty-two queries isn’t bad but it’s one more than I’m happy with.
What
was my mistake? I didn’t follow the
guidelines. It wasn’t willfull and with
how careful I am I don’t even know how it slipped past me. The agent asked for a query, pages, and a
summary and I only sent the query and pages.
My eyes must have somehow skipped past that bit when I was reading and
rereading.
So,
that’s probably a rejection right there.
So, my word of advice for the day is “don’t be your own rejection”. Do everything you can to get it right.
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