I know it's not a question, just a statement that I like to remind myself of whenever I'm rejected for something. In this case it's in relation to having just received my very first rejection letter from a Book Agent - well, the first for this book anyway!
Next one please - as I said in the title - I LOVE IT!
...good Girly tittles (sic)...
Are they the top shelf publications purchased in unmarked paper bags?
You have to become absolutely bullet-proof in this game, which I do find incredibly difficult, but is probably why my humour just seems to darken with each passing day.
Next week I'll probably become a Satirical Devil Worshipper and re-write the Bible with the word "not!" written at the end of every single sentence. I'll then submit that too Book Agents as an original work and see if they notice.
Actually, I may do the same with Dickens. Probably Great Expectations. I'm sure nobody's actually read it, so they'll probably not notice the fact that I've written the word "not!" at the end of every sentence. However, if they reject it based on its value as a piece of work then I'd probably come to the conclusion that Book Agents don't go by anything other than the title of the work; then I'll simply pick some really good Girly tittles like "Kittens and their Fluffy Balls". OK, not that one... but something similar.
If I worked in WH Smiths, I would be more worried about the people who would want to buy a book with that title (first one) than the ones put off by it! Lol!
On the subject of titles... My Ebook Wendy, Best Forgot just got its first 1 star review and all they said was 'Title says it all!' - witty, but where's the constructive criticism so I can learn what they didn't like about it?
All I can do is laugh it off and stick two fingers up at them! :D
And maybe the Publishers just wanted you to describe a bigger chainsaw?