YA Highway's Road Trip Wednesday is What's the biggest writing / querying / publishing mistake you've made?
The one that embarrasses me the most is one that I made years ago. I sent a letter to an agent. This was an agent with a Reputation! For Snark! Because I wanted this email to be perfect, I did a spell check before hitting send. Did I mention it was a new and unfamiliar email program?
I thought I did it correctly, and hit send. When my BCC copy showed up (yes, I am like that), it showed every single spelling error and possible correction or variation for the email at the bottom of the email. Like three pages worth.
My only hope was that the agent tossed it without reading it, or that it got caught in a spam filter, but no, the agent replied. She was nice and polite, and never mentioned the three pages of spelling variations at the end of the email.
I think one thing we'll all learn on this road trip is that agents, editors and publishers are more understanding and forgiving than we think they are.
Ooh I can just imagine the horror you felt. I'm glad it had a happy ending though. :-)
ReplyDeleteI was mortified! She was very nice, though. (I think she may have left agenting a few years ago.)
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