Manuscript Rejection
Yesterday, I finally heard officially from Goose Lane Editions. Ross Leckie had informed me by phone in April when I was in Fredericton that GLE wasn’t taking my book, and said I should hear from Sue Sinclair soon if I hadn’t already. Well, she finally e-mailed me yesterday and she didn’t give me much to work with. She said I was reaching for something and in fact reached it in several poems. So, not very much useful comments. Not that I expect loads of comments. Just that if you’re waiting months and months and months, at least have some concrete comments. Oh well.
The kicker was when I checked the mail at noon, my rejection from Wolsak & Wynn was there. It was a page-long very nice and encouraging rejection. (The publisher even asked me to send it again next January if it wasn’t taken elsewhere.) So now I’m faced with where to send next. I have a shortlist of places I’m considering: Signal, McGill-Queens, Frontenac, and Anansi. I might chop a few older poems out and put a few newer ones in.
Thanks to John and Dave for some helpful comments.