Fastest rejection in the west!

I got an email from an agent requesting Lure, Decomp., and the first three chapters of SC. I was totally stoked and took a week to comb through everything and send it out. I mailed it on a Monday afternoon from California to New York. I was told it would take 2-3 days to get there, which would be Wednesday at the earliest.

On Thursday afternoon (11:00 am NY time) I got a two sentence email rejection. That would mean the agent had my stuff for less than 24 hours.

At first I was dumbfounded, then I was pissed, now I think it's funny.

Been editing LURE I (again) for the past few weeks. Five critiques surround me as I go through the manuscript page by page. Each person gives a unique perspective--unless something really sucks-then they all strike through it. My critique group is bitchen! I can tell you with unwavering certainty that my book would NOT be what it is without them.

It is painstakaing work, a real pain in the arse, but necessary. This is the invisible stuff that we writers go through that nobody sees. The hours of toiling over a chapter--a paragraph--a sentence, picking through details and making sure there are no loose ends (that are unintended), and going through the HELL of fixing a "find and replace" that screwed up the whole manucript (if you know what I'm talking about you probably did it too--I'm with ya brother).

Book II is underway , almost to the halfway point, and IV is oulined completely and started as well. III is still in my head, but I pretty much know where it's going.

A new website is in developement.

Things are rockin'