What did I learn today?

Well, I learned that you can never be too careful when sending out query letters.

No, I haven't sent out any more, because quite frankly I am not sure where to go yet. I sent the one to an agent here in town who represented my genre... then got the rejection in 24 hours (AWESOME! Well, not the rejection but the turnaround time was ;))... then promptly did nothing else.

Ha!

But while on twitter today @RachelleGardner noted that she had a query submission today she wanted to request a partial from and it DIDN'T HAVE A PHONE NUMBER!

What an imbecile, I thought. Don't even include your phone number on a query, what kind of professionalism is THAT?!

I would never do that... EVER.

*rubs chin* Did I...? Surely, I would never do that.

Humm, Maybe I should check, just... to make... sure.... Even though I would NEVER do that...

Auuugh!
303-7997-1234

What the heck kinda phone number is that?!?!

*smacks head*

This is just as bad... no wonder I was rejected.

Learned today: Value of proofreading even the odvious things like your name, phone number and address.