When a Rejection Letter can be Used as a Testimonial

I used to be in academia.  I'll never forget the rejection letter that went, "Employment decisions are arbitrary, subjective, and just plain stupid.  We can't explain why we rejected you, but we did.  Good luck with your job hunt."  The people then gave me an interview, berated me for not applying, and then rejected me again.  Oh, well.  This is why I'm a tutor.  God bless the free market. I have just received two rejection letters, one right after the other.  The first was from Fiery Press.  I can't take it seriously.  I only sent out an application to see if I would duplicate the experience of the writer her who got rejected almost before he got acknowledged.  Well, it took a little longer in my case, but the rejection letter was so formulaic, I could not infer that they actually read my story.

Not so, the one from Winterwolf Press.  They had obviously read my story, liked it, and rejected it anyway.  I'm tempted to use a suitably edited version of it as a testimonial for my book--for the next publisher I try or for my self-publishing.  Here it is:

"(We found the piece to be an amazingly detailed fantasy story which was very open and frank about its discussion of sexuality. The Celtic mythology mixed in and the sci-fantasy spin propelled it from a normal fantasy into something more unique. Though the humorous parts are important in some aspects, one reader felt that at times the humor, though landing well, took away from the heavy impact of other parts of the story. Again, this is subjective opinion rather than a qualitative judgment. We wish you well in placing it, as we feel it's a very strong piece and it won't be hard to find a publisher.)"

Just a slight editing and there you have it.  My amazingly detailed fantasy story, open and frank discussion of sexuality, and Celtic mythology and the sci-fantasy spin, something more unique, with important humorous parts that landed well.  Cool. 

I think they're wrong about it not being hard to find a publisher.  They did say it was 'something more unique.'  Who wants unique?  Formulas.  That's the way to go, man. 

But again, God bless the free market.  If you need it done right, do it yourself.

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