Comments on: Rejection Junction, What’s Your Function? https://booksquare.com/rejection-junction-whats-your-function/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=rejection-junction-whats-your-function Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Mon, 20 Jun 2005 04:25:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Booksquare https://booksquare.com/rejection-junction-whats-your-function/#comment-83199 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 04:25:09 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/06/17/1411/#comment-83199 Lorra,

It is good that you’re skeptical. “Jill Monroe” is just one of the many elves here at Booksquare. She pretends to be an independent entity, but that’s because of excellent programming. The fact that she’s a published author is proof that our deception at Booksquare headquarters knows no boundaries*. Booksquare is not a real person; if she were real, she’d be tall, thin, and able to engage in witty repartee.

Thank you so much for writing — it’s always inspiring to know at someone reads this stuff (also scary — when you sell your book, you’ll know what I mean). I’m one of the few who knows her mother isn’t reading her blog…wait, why isn’t my mother reading my blog? That hurts.

By the way, Drive Like An Asshole week is starting up again. You can tell it’s imminent when people start thinking the white lines are just suggestions.

* – Also known as taking credit for the hard work of others.

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By: Lorra https://booksquare.com/rejection-junction-whats-your-function/#comment-82844 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 16:37:19 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/06/17/1411/#comment-82844 Jill – I don’t think it really matters; you couldn’t convince me that Booksquare is a real person, even with pictures. I’m positive she’s some kind of character in a work of fiction – something funny and light-hearted like you’d find in a good beach read.

Thanks any way.

Lorra

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By: Jill Monroe https://booksquare.com/rejection-junction-whats-your-function/#comment-82843 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 15:35:10 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/06/17/1411/#comment-82843 Lorra – not only do I know booksquare’s real name, I have pics!

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By: Lorra https://booksquare.com/rejection-junction-whats-your-function/#comment-82760 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 01:09:41 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/06/17/1411/#comment-82760 Hey Booksquare – whoever you are – just have to tell you, after you kept me company all winter (the most brutal on record; I live near Cleveland) – I just finished a major rewrite of my novel after ten of the most arduous months, 24/7, I have ever spent in my life.

Just wanted to thank you – even tho you don’t know me and I have no idea what your name is – how much your blog helped me. It was funny, entertaining and informative and I looked forwad to its goofiness every day. My favorite comment all year was the one about it being opening day for drive like an asshole week – I hee-hawed over that one for a couple of days. (That’s what we do in these here parts: we hee-haw instead of laughing. The cattle are more comfortable with that response.)

Anhow, thanks for the company. Gotta go and jump right back in that old submissions’ pool with all the other poor writers . . . after I drink a lot of wine!

Happy Day!

Lorra

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By: Brenda Coulter https://booksquare.com/rejection-junction-whats-your-function/#comment-82684 Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:29:25 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/06/17/1411/#comment-82684 Man, I hope she gets that manuscript right back in the mail. That editor is definitely softening!

😉

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By: Booksquare https://booksquare.com/rejection-junction-whats-your-function/#comment-82683 Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:37:13 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/06/17/1411/#comment-82683 I think the running over is good. You can always blame the post office…

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By: Lorra https://booksquare.com/rejection-junction-whats-your-function/#comment-82682 Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:33:41 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/06/17/1411/#comment-82682 I’m just going to cut and paste this to enclose with my next submission package. (I’ll run the manuscript over a few times with my car to make sure it looks legit.)

Thanks for the laugh.

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