Well, after yesterday’s little treatise on how life appears to be a touch dramatic, these are today’s developments as of just gone 10am:
Post on this birthday morning included:
-‘Guidelines on Writing Fiction’ – a leaflet from a previously submitted story to a certain magazine, more or less a ‘not suitable, but thank you anyway, here, this is what we want’. After perusing this piece of warmly encouraging literature, thinking to myself, yes, the story I sent off yesterday meets all of these requirements – sweeeet, I noticed that I had sent it to the wrong address out of the two in the ‘Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook’. I write as I re-print.
-A rejection letter from Manning Gottlieb OMD, more or less denying the fact that they emailed me to say they’d try and fit me into their interview schedule, and saying that I wasn’t suitable to continue in the application process. They obviously missed the third box on my CV, which said ‘Date of Birth – 10th of October’ either that or they thought it would be funny.
-A ‘Crew Clothing’ catalogue. The people at Crew Clothing had little or nothing to say, other than ‘Buy our clothes- they’re great!’ I probably won’t.
Other than this, the birthday so far has involved a huge number of presents from my parents and Alice, including an interview tie and a blank page journal from the folks, and some wonderful wine glasses and tumblers (who grew up thinking they were going to get this kind of stuff on their birthday, ever? It’s a surprise, and an even bigger one that I’m chuffed to receive them) that are very funky, a wine bottle sealing thingy for when there’s wine left in the bottle and you want to keep it (Alice obviously doesn’t know me that well :-)), and some ‘Severed Fingers’ Halloween chocolate things.
In a bit I’ll get dressed, after I’ve re-written the covering letter for this story!
Moral of the Story Is:
Erm, not sure entirely. There’s been no major ethical or moral issue so far, so nothing to report, I’m afraid.
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