Stop
It
By
Weasel
Patterson
So,
you’ve
finally
written
something
that
you’re
proud
of.
You’ve
taken
hours
of
your
life
and
have
forced
some,
hopefully,
well
written
material
into
your
trusty
little
word
processor
and
are
ready
for
the
world
to
see
it.
Such
wonderful
news.
And
like
any
good
little
writer
you’ve
gone
out
and
begun
your
search
for
publishers
who
may
be
interested
in
your
work.
Publishers
who
can
give
your
novel
or
poetry
collection
the
best
of
care
and
help
you
in
gaining
readers.
But
you’ve
made
some
mistakes
along
your
writing
career,
mistakes
that
are
pretty
much
common
in
today’s
world.
As
a
publisher,
I’ve
sent
out
a
fair
amount
of
rejection
letters.
I
could
probably
over
flow
a
novel
with
the
notices
I’ve
emailed
to
people
that
Weasel
Press
has
not
accepted.
But
that’s
all
a
part
of
the
writing
experience.
A
lot
of
the
rejection
letters
are
from
the
same
mistakes
maybe
you’ve
made
in
the
past.
Even
I’ve
probably
made
them.
That
is
how
natural
they’ve
become.
Knowing
that
is
kind
of
scary,
but
I
suppose
it
all
comes
with
the
territory
of
publishing.
I’ve
noticed
as
we
progress
into
a
massively
tech-‐savy
society,
our
emails
and
query
letters
become
less
formal.
They’re
littered
with
LOL’s
and
smiley
faces
as
they
try
to
push
out
the
next
top
novel,
and
that’s
sad
to
see.
You
as
the
author
are
trying
to
get
your
work
out
there,
but
there’s
no
way
you’ll
be
taken
seriously
if
your
query
letters
are
unprofessionally
written.
They
can
be
short,
simple,
but
they
need
to
at
least
look
like
you
know
what
grammar
is.
It’s
pretty
much
the
first
impression,
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