E G Logan
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- Nov 11, 2018
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Based on recent experience, I am wondering if ANY agents or publishers send out three categories of reply to submissions any more.
By that I mean:
--one, wonderful 'please send the full ms';
--two, 'not quite right for us... (with, perhaps, if you are lucky) because...' i.e. 'near miss'
--three, 'sorry, I'll/we'll have to pass'. i.e. outright 'No'.
I have had one or two 'not right because' (even one 'not quite right because') but my impression is that, increasingly, replies are either Yes or No.
Am I right? And -- a bit of hurt pride aside -- does it matter anyway?
By that I mean:
--one, wonderful 'please send the full ms';
--two, 'not quite right for us... (with, perhaps, if you are lucky) because...' i.e. 'near miss'
--three, 'sorry, I'll/we'll have to pass'. i.e. outright 'No'.
I have had one or two 'not right because' (even one 'not quite right because') but my impression is that, increasingly, replies are either Yes or No.
Am I right? And -- a bit of hurt pride aside -- does it matter anyway?