say good-bye to the buzz

Not exactly what I expected.  The day was going so well.  Four hours in the office, lots of good work, and a by line from Janet Reid.  In fact, actually better than one by line, she gave me three name references, one fully printed text message, and a lot of good buzz. Why does this matter? Because prior to the reference I sent Reid a query.  This buzz, plus great reviews from the writing group last night, created a bit of writing euphoria.

Feeling (a little) more confident I allowed myself to imagine that something good might come of this writing thing.

What the heck?  I thought, let's take another look at my query.  After reading the query I remained hopeful.  The hook was barbed. The synopsis was specific enough to suggest the end without revealing too much. The writing was pretty good.  So far, so (so) good?

Then disaster.

I read the attached first five pages.  To be blunt, they are a wreck. What happened?  I posted the pages from an unedited copy of the book.  I called the company and the very, very nice women who answered the phone (did I mention she was nice?) said something along the line of "don't worry, when you get your rejection just resubmit it and tell her you are resubmitting.  It will be OK."

OK?????????...

Although she was very nice I hung up thinking, "say good-bye to an acceptance letter or even a request for more pages.  Say good-bye to the buzz. Say good-bye to Reid."  *waves good-bye*

I'm an idiot child.

Drowned in the Reed Sea.  oh well, party over.  Back to work.   8  )