You are sweet, angel, and you put everything into perspective.
I did read the writer’s first chapter, one in the middle, and the end, and I took time to put my thoughts together to make suggestions.
It was some time between my receiving the manuscript until the writer asked for it back. I would send it back if I could find it! I spent considerable time looking for the manuscript without success.. I have expressed my regret and told the writer as nicely as I can that when I have a chance to look for it some more, I will, and cannot stop everything to spend hours more pouring through a closet and file cabinets full of papers nor will I continue a back and forth discussion of how remiss I am.
I, myself, dear one, have sent out many manuscripts. If I want them back, I enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope. Usually it’s cheaper to just print out again. When someone gives me any response at all, I am so grateful.
Ah, but we are all learning.
With love and blessings,
Gloria
From: Oh_MY-GODDESS [mailto:TheHeavenLetters [at] heavenletters [dot] org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 2:58 PM
To: TheHeavenLetters [at] heavenletters [dot] org
Subject: [HeavenLetters Board Heavenletters™ Comments] RE: Gloria, please return my manuscript
Sorry for butting in what seems to be a private communication between yourself and Gloria. I am posting the following advice not only for your future reference, but also, for the benefit of other budding artists and would be published writers:
You should never ever send your original and only copy of any manuscript to anyone. A lot of publishers, agents and reviewers do not retrun manuscripts, not to mention, your work can be lost in transit even if they DO send it back.
Always have a hard copy, AND a copy on a disk; if your computer is not working, you can always use the computers at internet coffees, or the library. If your printer is not working, and/or you can not save a copy on a disk, you can e-mail yourself a copy to a hotmail or yahoo account as an attachment: that way, you can access, edit, and/or print your work from anywhere.
Also, keep in mind, that most than likely, your manuscript is not the only one in Gloria's "need to read" pile. Imagine, you enter in a room of a hundred guests. You're introduced to all of them, and they are introduced to you. It will be easier for them to remember your name, as you are the only new comer, than it is to remember the names of all those people. I know your manuscript is the most important thing in your life, your utmost priority...but, Gloria, and other publishers usually have dozens, if not hundreds of manuscripts to read, all important, all unique, all priority to their writers.
It is part of being a writer having to deal with rejections, and even bestseller writers will not get a reply for each and every of their submissions. I hope you will get your manuscript back soon, but in case you don't, learn to let it go. Whatever you do, keep writing.
God bless you
In'la kech-Another Yourself
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