Rejection #4, I think
I received a rejection in the mail yesterday from McGill-Queens University Press for Terminal Moraine. Actually, I received a rejection in my name for Book of Secret Medals. That’s right, they didn’t even get my tiitle right. As you can imagine, it is a form letter where all the person is required to do is change my name and address and the title of the book. They couldn’t even get this right. Does this mean they didn’t read it? Does this mean that some pour soul who wrote Book of Secret Medals is waiting for a response? The letter is unprofessional and I was dissapointed that MQUP would send it out. I wrote them an e-mail this morning to confirm that Terminal Moraine was, indeed, rejected. I’ll keep you posted.
So now I have to figure out where to send it next. Frontenac, according to their website, is still not accepting submissions. Maybe I’ll e-mail to see when they are planning to accept submission again. Brick Books doesn’t accept until January. There’s two Saskatchewan I could try as well: Thistledown & Coteau.
In other news, the doctor said on Monday that the baby could come this week. Sherry was effaced more than last time and dilated a bit more.
And one of my friends from Banff 2005, Russell Wangersky, was long-listed for the Giller Prize for his book The Hour of Bad Decisions. He’s in good company: David Adams Richards and Wayne Johnston, among others, are also on the list. Coincidentally, his book is published by Coteau–maybe I should send Terminal Moraine there.