Oh, the dreaded submissions post

Part of starting something new is sorting through the old, at least for me.

You can't clean out your closet without sifting through the things cluttering it and throwing away what isn't needed, remembering what you have stored up.

So I went over my submission statistics the other day.


What Encouraged Me
1/3 of my submissions got personal responses...
or at least the alternate form that requests you to submit more.

I'm not counting the two "personal" responses from [unnamed magazine] that always has some reader feedback, since they were both insulting. I'm not saying that it wasn't deserved, but since they always respond, the personal nature is not even a back-handed compliment....

Tho' all my agent rejections were only forms (except one fluke)
the number was less than I thought. 15 down, 50 prospects left.



I think I need to scale back my query 'blurb'. I was trying to say too much--and I'm relieved to have some idea where I was going wrong.

If you have a moment, you can pick this apart for me:
( The Carnie's Conspiracy )

I'll just be shuffling websites around over here, poking at agent bios....