Well, my inbox has been a sad, empty place for about a week. Now I'm finally resigned to the fact that it will remain thus until the New Year. (But, hey, at least I got to use 'thus' in a regular sentence!
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And yet, somehow I'm unable to help myself and I insist on checking the damn thing at least once a day. The kicker is that, holiday season or not, I know it's too early to hear from anyone with requested material at this point. And yet, I keep checking that stupid inbox and having bouts of 'this can't be a good sign!' panicky moments--which I know are pointless and completely stupid.
I blame it on two silly factors:
1) Agent Speedy has a reputation of getting back to people super quickly (hence the oh-so-clever nickname) and she did request a partial within a couple of days and a full from that partial about a week later. I know (through the magic of the Internet) that she's been busy reading new manuscripts from her actual clients, plus holiday season and all... So rationally, I realize it's pointless to panic or obsess--but I'm so goshdarn good at it!
2) Agent Enthused was, well, so enthused when she replied to my query and partial to request a full, she even said she'd get right on it when she wrote back to acknowledge receipt. That was about a week ago. Again, I know she's busy. I know 'tis the season and blah blah blah... And I know she's got her actual clients to look after and whatnot. And yet, I can't help checking that damn inbox!!!
You know what I need? I need to self-exclude from Internet usage for the remainder of 2014. That's the only thing that's going to cure this insane obsession.
Thanks for listening and have a merry Christmas, happy Hannukah, awesome Solstice and fantastic fill-in-the-blank winter holiday! Be happy in whichever way you celebrate, and may 2015 bring us all good news and success! 
~ Moon
). And yet, somehow I'm unable to help myself and I insist on checking the damn thing at least once a day. The kicker is that, holiday season or not, I know it's too early to hear from anyone with requested material at this point. And yet, I keep checking that stupid inbox and having bouts of 'this can't be a good sign!' panicky moments--which I know are pointless and completely stupid.
I blame it on two silly factors:
1) Agent Speedy has a reputation of getting back to people super quickly (hence the oh-so-clever nickname) and she did request a partial within a couple of days and a full from that partial about a week later. I know (through the magic of the Internet) that she's been busy reading new manuscripts from her actual clients, plus holiday season and all... So rationally, I realize it's pointless to panic or obsess--but I'm so goshdarn good at it!
2) Agent Enthused was, well, so enthused when she replied to my query and partial to request a full, she even said she'd get right on it when she wrote back to acknowledge receipt. That was about a week ago. Again, I know she's busy. I know 'tis the season and blah blah blah... And I know she's got her actual clients to look after and whatnot. And yet, I can't help checking that damn inbox!!!
You know what I need? I need to self-exclude from Internet usage for the remainder of 2014. That's the only thing that's going to cure this insane obsession.
Thanks for listening and have a merry Christmas, happy Hannukah, awesome Solstice and fantastic fill-in-the-blank winter holiday!
Be happy in whichever way you celebrate, and may 2015 bring us all good news and success! ~ Moon
