tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post1801242169739243723..comments2023-10-12T08:34:45.289-04:00Comments on Gina's Writer's Blog: Share Your Favorite RejectionGina Cioccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18024256412233972412noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post-49117062649706741822011-12-16T14:52:39.558-05:002011-12-16T14:52:39.558-05:00Hahaha! I love your interpretations. These are how...Hahaha! I love your interpretations. These are how we view their comments, for sure! Nice to meet you!LynNerdKelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167392990015741278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post-56504210762704875622011-12-16T11:19:28.323-05:002011-12-16T11:19:28.323-05:00Is there a prize if I can match which agent sent w...Is there a prize if I can match which agent sent what rejection?Kimberlee Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695299361596799423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post-89701498912880464122011-12-16T06:29:29.814-05:002011-12-16T06:29:29.814-05:00I think I've actually been rejected via all th...I think I've actually been rejected via all three of these forms! I really don't like the long rejections. I mean, what's the point? My favorite is an agent whose rejection is simply, "Not for me, thank you." I know the other agents are being nice, but I always prefer people to say what they mean, and no more than that. I came over here for the blogfest, Gina, and it's nice to meet you!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636585111057799728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post-3797739236935765502011-10-15T08:04:22.405-04:002011-10-15T08:04:22.405-04:00HI Gina!!!! Hmmm..why do these sound sooo familiar...HI Gina!!!! Hmmm..why do these sound sooo familiar?!? LOVE this and so glad you can make fun of this whole frustrating process!!!!! I've been on that end so many times I've lost count (hey, I queried three novels)!!!! (((hugs)))Christina Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799776834213400246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post-3747431216544766412011-10-14T13:50:05.314-04:002011-10-14T13:50:05.314-04:00Okay Gina, I just hopped over here from Stina'...Okay Gina, I just hopped over here from Stina's blog...and am I glad I did!! This is classic! Love it. And from one rejection-slapped-in-the-face writer to another ((cyber hugs)). I'm following you now. Looking forward to getting to know you.S.A. Larsenッhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241633272588383935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post-48391793893846498912011-10-14T08:31:47.052-04:002011-10-14T08:31:47.052-04:00"I scan and stop reading the minute I see ..."I scan and stop reading the minute I see 'unfortunately.'"<br /><br />LOL. I totally do that. Almost all of the time, I can see it in my Gmail preview too. Handy for tamping down that misguided hope that crops up whenever I get an e-mail from an agent.Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post-39713692100624709522011-10-05T11:32:00.943-04:002011-10-05T11:32:00.943-04:00Haha, love #1! Yay for form rejections. :)Haha, love #1! Yay for form rejections. :)Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462382909938737612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post-3919842916497146802011-10-05T10:50:15.212-04:002011-10-05T10:50:15.212-04:00No 1 is hilarious!No 1 is hilarious!Heidi Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056627400336997554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post-61060680166954289412011-10-05T09:59:30.710-04:002011-10-05T09:59:30.710-04:00@Chessie - YEAH. About half an hour after my last ...@Chessie - YEAH. About half an hour after my last BIG rejection, I reminded myself what an $%*&*( that agent had recently been on Twitter. Kinda glad.<br /><br />Okay. So I've only gotten like 17 rejections but I have had some doozies. Including this one I got yesterday:<br /><br /><br />"If you haven't done so already, you may wish to look at The Jeff<br />Herman Guide to Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents - there, you<br />should be able to find someone who's a better fit for your work."<br /><br />Which means:<br /><br />"We don't want you so much, it makes us think that you don't even know how to look for people who DO want you! Here's a reference book recommendation for that. <br />Best of luck, idiot!"<br /><br />And then there was the one that said my work had been very carefully considered. Which was sent about twenty minutes after the query had been received.<br /><br />Yeah.<br /><br />Fun times!!!Leigh Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334466390148315624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post-21091790488676292842011-10-05T09:25:16.371-04:002011-10-05T09:25:16.371-04:00Rejection is never fun, but those are classics. Y...Rejection is never fun, but those are classics. You'd think as agents, they might be a little better with wording...since of course, they're all about finding the right wording.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640871678908297706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post-10498520944146532682011-10-05T07:37:22.916-04:002011-10-05T07:37:22.916-04:00This is hiliarious. I don't have my rejections...This is hiliarious. I don't have my rejections anymore, so I can't share them with you, but many have been along the same lines. I did receive one that I swear was over a page long. It was a form rejection by some little known agent who thought she was being helpful. Yeah, maybe if she had been the first agent I had queried, ever. All I did was skim to the 'unfortunately' and that was enough for me. <br /><br />I'll give the above agents an A for effort. :DStinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408910703068503850.post-48202961846766217082011-10-05T07:33:41.373-04:002011-10-05T07:33:41.373-04:00Oh my God, Gina. You almost made me wake up my roo...Oh my God, Gina. You almost made me wake up my roommate with that last one. <br /><br />I don't know where in the trash pile of my uncleaned inbox this rejection is, but I had one once that said something along the lines of "this didn't interest me as much as I'd hoped."<br /><br />Which is basically like saying, "It sounded cool, but your writing sucked."<br /><br />So yeah--that one made me feel better about getting rejected, lol. And I know I've been talking to Leigh Ann about this a lot lately, but sometimes the agent's presence elsewhere on the internet--like Twitter--is what makes me glad they rejected me. Sometimes I think they say things they should just not be saying.Francesca Zappiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876692064254806825noreply@blogger.com