Okay, I'm not an exceptionally bitter dude. I've had my issues in the past with various people and situations, but I've learned to laugh at them and myself. Falling into the "laughing at" category is the very first entry in the "We're not interested in your sorry little novel" contest that probably will be running a while until I find someone willing to stoop... errrr, take a chance on "All Things..." This wouldn't be so bad, but, as a veteran of rejection letters I've come to expect a certain level of professionalism and even style when it comes to being shot down. Either your standard "We're not interested, but we think you're probably very nice as a person" kind of form letter or the more elaborate "We type your name into a merge option and cough up your very own personalized letter of disinterest." In either case, you expect some letterhead and something written and appropriately spaced text to make it look like someone took a couple minutes to at least design their mass "piss off" memo. What I got in this case was something that looked like it had been copied at the local Kwiki-Mart between hitting on the cashier and refilling their Icee that had been thrown together by someone's kid. In other words, just kinda dumpy. So, I've chosen to share this little bit of history and joy with you. It can only go up from here, right?
-Joe