Friday, January 22, 2010

Keep It Simple, Sweetheart...


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?
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13 comments:

  1. insorkJanuary 22, 2010 at 11:34 AM

    or divide everyone's age by three to further cut the number of words:

    Thanks--not!

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  2. Lt. CccyxxJanuary 22, 2010 at 12:29 PM

    So far my shortest is 11 words: "This is not for me, but thank you for the look."

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  3. TravenerJanuary 22, 2010 at 12:55 PM

    "Not for me but thank you and good luck."


    (John Talbot, Talbot & Fortune)

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2010 at 12:56 PM

    Shortest is: Dead. Silence.

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  5. heynonnynonymousJanuary 22, 2010 at 1:04 PM

    Nope

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  6. Sam Snoek-BrownJanuary 22, 2010 at 1:48 PM

    I keep waiting to get "Yeah--but no." It hasn't come yet, though.

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2010 at 2:39 PM

    Actually dead silence is the longest, because it just never stops.

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  8. CKHBJanuary 22, 2010 at 3:57 PM

    I've got TWO that are shorter than Lyons!

    "Not for me, but thank you."

    "Sorry, tough to sell in today's market."

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  9. Kara McElhinnyJanuary 22, 2010 at 4:20 PM

    Have to agree with Anon, no words are probably the shortest way to say "No thank you!"

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2010 at 7:07 PM

    I've gotten "Not quite."

    Argh!

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2010 at 11:01 AM

    And I've gotten: "no no"... which is a metaphorical biff on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper, nicht wahr?

    Linda

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  12. LouisJanuary 27, 2010 at 11:24 PM

    Alas, no

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  13. LindaFebruary 2, 2010 at 9:59 AM

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