The Secret Agent is revealed.
The agent is the awesome and deeply respected Nathan Bransford.
Part of me wants to sing, part wants to sink in despair.
I sing because there were parts of my submission he "liked a lot". Some bits were confusing, true, but any small grains of praise from the likes of Mr. Bransford are precious. We likesss it, Precious. Yesss, we does.
On the dark side, I already queried this story and got a form rejection from the same Mr. Bransford last summer, so I wasn't holding out much hope.
Pessimism confirmed shortly afterwards when the winning entry is revealed. But the winner was good. It had me hooked for sure, so I don't feel too bad.
And I still have some great comments to work from, and a renewed sense of direction.
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The entry that won was my favorite, so I'm glad it won.
Well hey, at least now you have a better idea of why the story got rejected. Praise and feedback are precious indeed. :)
You bet!
This writing lark is not for the easily-discouraged!
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