Sunday, October 17, 2010

Halloween, pumpkins, football - oh, and rejection


So, this weekend I got the quickest rejection thus far... this chic had some super powered form rejection skills.  I submitted a query late Friday night and when I got up Saturday morning, already turned down.  Now, granted, this agency only asked for a query letter and no sample pages, so she didn't have a lot to read.  But impressive for a Friday night.  Maybe they've created a robot that can automatically respond to queries... AI for agents.  He he he...

On a more happy note, Halloween is coming up. Don't you just love Halloween? I never end up getting a cool costume, but if I did, I'd be Hit Girl from the movie Kick Ass - eleven-year-old assassin with a foul mouth.

On other Halloween related topics, we bought our first pumpkin the other day... my son picked out a cool orange and white speckled one.  Also, yesterday I took him to his first football game and here's a secret - it was actually my first, too.  Living in a big university town it's kind of weird I've never been, but I could just never get at all interested in football.  After seeing the game, I'm still not interested in it, but I did have fun just being in the stadium surrounded by such excitement.   Phrases like 'line of scrimmage' flying about the crisp October air. 

Here are a couple pics I just took.  Enjoy!

Maximus

8 comments:

  1. Aw. Too bad about the rejection. Quick turn arounds always make me want to scream "Are you blind? You obviously didn't read it close enough!" And then comes the deep breaths

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  2. Sorry about the rejection! They never fail to suck, but at least the turnaround time was quick. Non-responses are so much worse, I think. Good for you for putting your book out there. Takes guts.

    And yes, I love Halloween!

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  3. Love the pictures!!! Sorry to hear about the rejection but at least you weren't waiting in anticipation, they ripped it off like a band-aid for you! You'll heal with a bucket of ice cream and some apple cider in lieu of the holiday season!

    I adore halloween! My husband and I have our costumes and are ready to go! I'm little dead riding hood and he's the big bad wolf, it's going to be AWESOME!

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  4. So sorry to hear about your rejection! Keep up the good work!

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  5. Thanks, everyone!! I appreciate the support! Jen, I definitely want to see pics of little dead riding hood - that's awesome!

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  6. Sorry to hear about the rejection. Don't give up! Oh, and I love the pics!

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  7. Too bad about the rejection Alexia..But there is an agent waiting out there for you. Keep the faith :)

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  8. I love Hit Girl! She makes that movie.

    Also, Maximus is gorgeous. :)

    And, sorry about the rejection.

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