More Queries on their way

[clarentine]

Mailed more queries out yesterday. All of this batch got at least a sample set of the first five pages; one wanted the first chapter, and another wanted the first 50 pages.

Dumb move of the day: sealing up two of the envelopes before I'd signed the cover letter.

I want to talk about alternate history stories, but that's not querying, so....

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signing before sealing

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I don't know. The excitement that comes with sending off the MS is a good excuse for a brain fade. I think that kettle spouts were created for steaming the sealed envelopes open (the new swipe and slap envelopes are a pain to reopen - but do-able if attacked immediately after the slap).

Re: signing before sealing

[clarentine]

I don't know too many post offices equipped with steam kettles for the benefit of patrons who've experienced a lapse in concentration of this sort. *g* On the plus side, though, they did have tape so I could re-seal the envelopes once I'd pried them open.

And I'm here to tell you, there's little more terrifying (to me, at least) than dropping those pages into the envelope and handing it to the clerk. (Oh, my god, did I remember to put the right letter in the right envelope? Did I put in the right attachments? Did I get those attachments right, after all, or was this the agent who said "no samples?" Will they find the SASE? Does the stamp clash with the address label?) I'm not really that anal-retentive, but this process makes one so.

And yes, the stamp clashed. *g* And that clashing stamp will carry my envelope all the way to New York, regardless.