on rejection and response time

This afternoon my agent asked, on her blog, what the most frustrating thing about rejection was. I ended up saying that it’s not really rejection that I find frustrating, but rather the amount of time it takes to get rejection letters, which has nothing to do with the rejection itself. Jenn then asked, So….what do you think is a reasonable amount of time for consideration and reply? I know on initial queries I’m usually good at answering within two weeks now (though not during holidays). On requested partials and manuscripts,…

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god, I love that book!

I just finished re-reading Black Sun Rising. *God*, I love that book. I like the ending of that book better than any other book I’ve ever read in my entire life, and, as Sarah said, I’ve read a lot. The entire book is, in one way, a glorious, huge, wonderful setup for a punchline that I will never get over the glee of, no matter how many times I read it. Every time I read the book, I re-read the last several pages several times in a row, just because…

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