Comments on: Oops! I did it again: mistakes in submissions http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2006/06/06/79/oops-i-did-it-again-mistakes-in-submissions/ by Cynthea Liu Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:51:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Carys http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2006/06/06/79/oops-i-did-it-again-mistakes-in-submissions/comment-page-1/#comment-62590 Carys Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:24:14 +0000 http://cynthealiu.com/2006/06/06/79/oops-i-did-it-again-mistakes-in-submissions/#comment-62590 My best achievment was when I sent off a manuscript with 'track changes' displaying. Comments had been added by various people including, "get rid of this, it sound crap". Ooops! My best achievment was when I sent off a manuscript with ‘track changes’ displaying. Comments had been added by various people including, “get rid of this, it sound crap”. Ooops!

]]> By: Gerb http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2006/06/06/79/oops-i-did-it-again-mistakes-in-submissions/comment-page-1/#comment-61049 Gerb Thu, 21 May 2009 19:34:45 +0000 http://cynthealiu.com/2006/06/06/79/oops-i-did-it-again-mistakes-in-submissions/#comment-61049 Yet another reason to proofread, let it sit and proofread again *before* you hit send. Yet another reason to proofread, let it sit and proofread again *before* you hit send.

]]> By: Trish Doller http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2006/06/06/79/oops-i-did-it-again-mistakes-in-submissions/comment-page-1/#comment-61047 Trish Doller Thu, 21 May 2009 19:05:36 +0000 http://cynthealiu.com/2006/06/06/79/oops-i-did-it-again-mistakes-in-submissions/#comment-61047 Very good point. When I was querying agents, I hit send too soon. Or at least I think I did. Since I wasn't saving my sent emails at the time, I couldn't go back and check. So I sent another query that included an apology for the possibly muffed first attempt. I never did hear back from that agent. Also, another lesson in my tale is not to send queries when you're tired. You're more likely to make mistakes. Very good point. When I was querying agents, I hit send too soon. Or at least I think I did. Since I wasn’t saving my sent emails at the time, I couldn’t go back and check. So I sent another query that included an apology for the possibly muffed first attempt. I never did hear back from that agent.

Also, another lesson in my tale is not to send queries when you’re tired. You’re more likely to make mistakes.

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