Ouch.

Remember how I said I got the quickest rejection letter ever (7 minutes)just last week? Well, that record's been smashed.

Back in February I'd queried agent William Reiss from John Hawkins Literary Agency. I sent him an e-mail (which was acceptable), but I never heard back from him. Checking on Verla Kay's Blue Boards, I could see people getting responses as quickly as the same day. This, to me, meant one thing. My query had fallen into that great abyss where none return.

So, seeing as it's been a number of months, I re-queried him and even attached a note, saying that author Terry Trueman recommended finding Ron Koertge's (STONER & SPAZ)agent. Done and done.

5 minutes later, I got this:

Dear Mr. Troupe:

No thank you, but thank you for writing to me about your novel.

Yours sincerely,

William Reiss

Ouch.

The sort of good news? I've got 5 queries out there, waiting to see what'll happen. This is the week where I start the snail-mail process. I've got the stamps. I've got the names. I just need to send 'em out, dang it.