According to an LROD reader, Lyons Literary can reject you in 8 words: "Thanks for writing, but this isn't for me." Now that's efficient. You could cut it in half with a few minor edits: Thanks—not for me. What was your shortest rejection?
13 comments:
insork
said...
or divide everyone's age by three to further cut the number of words:
13 comments:
or divide everyone's age by three to further cut the number of words:
Thanks--not!
So far my shortest is 11 words: "This is not for me, but thank you for the look."
"Not for me but thank you and good luck."
(John Talbot, Talbot & Fortune)
Shortest is: Dead. Silence.
Nope
I keep waiting to get "Yeah--but no." It hasn't come yet, though.
Actually dead silence is the longest, because it just never stops.
I've got TWO that are shorter than Lyons!
"Not for me, but thank you."
"Sorry, tough to sell in today's market."
Have to agree with Anon, no words are probably the shortest way to say "No thank you!"
I've gotten "Not quite."
Argh!
And I've gotten: "no no"... which is a metaphorical biff on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper, nicht wahr?
Linda
Alas, no
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