I'm usually incredibly well organized, at least that's what I tell myself. But even the organized lose things now and then.
Well not long ago (okay it was probably last Fall or earlier) I read this mystery I really liked. I even called and talked with the author about it. At least I called in my head, maybe I only emailed. Anyway, I asked the author to keep me in mind for revisions or any other books. That damn book has been haunting me. I want to read it again. To reconsider. I want to see it again.
I can't find it. I've checked my "Authors to Track" file. I've checked my deleted files. I've searched and searched and I can't find it anywhere. I'm sad.
That's today's Rejector's Remorse.
--jhf
Now this post is a mystery I want to follow! I'm hoping the author in question comes forward and something great comes of it! Good luck on finding this person.
ReplyDeleteI have always wondered if that happened to agents. It happens to me all the time regarding agents, did I or didn't I, send a query?
ReplyDeleteBut I was thinking, could the writer of which you speak be me?
My books weren't mysteries, it was more than a few years ago, you never requested a full and unfortunately we've never talked.
But, but...
This might give us writers hope that a "no" is not always be a final "no"... but I'm guessing that's rarely the case. Most of the time a "no" really is a "no." What it actually shows is that agents are human, and every now and again they second guess themselves.
ReplyDeleteI too hope the writer recognizes his/her work described and comes forward. :)
If it would help, I would be most happy to query you. :)
ReplyDeleteOf course, your telling this story will only give us skittish little woodland creatures more to overanalyze and be neurotic about! But in a fun way. Kinda.
Hope you find the author. :-)
ReplyDeleteMaybe in a couple weeks when Mercury is out of retrograde...?! Those things tend to hide in that place called "Right There All Along" and show up when it's most exasperating...
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