My blogspot has been neglected. Wanna know why? I've been writing picture book manuscripts and editing WALKING THE DOG, my chapter book for children. In the process something very exciting happened to me recently. This week I received two GOOD rejection letters. Did you think there could be such a thing? Good Rejection! Well, this week I experienced it for myself. Linda Pratt at the Sheldon Fogelman Literary Agency said that my chapter book has "so much of the right stuff." More than anything, it's funny. She commented that Fitzhugh's interaction with friends and neighbors is a hoot! Pratt also encouraged me to share more of my work with her. As for my picture book manuscripts I submitted one directly to an editor at Simon and Schuster. She wrote back this week to say that it is "great!." HOWEVER, the picture book market is rotten right now. Perhaps when the economy improves, Simon and Schuster will be able to purchase a picture book project that speaks about Jazz Music in the 1930's. This is what the editor wrote in her letter. How do you think these two notices made me feel? Even without a contract offer, I was walking on clouds because this week, an agent and an editor gave me hope. I was rejected but not irrevocabaly denied. And that's GOOD NEWS!
