It is with mixed and muddled emotions that I announce that "DAW Publishers" has politely rejected Take the Breath Out of Me for publication. A hand written note from the editor himself explained "You have VERY nice writing, but we have an 80k word minimum." (And unfortunately, Take the Breath Out of Me is only 69K.)
The uplifting and assuring note was a nice sugarcoat to the bitterness of perceived, partial failure, and upon further musing I came to realize that the word count had been stated from the page right after the prologue, meaning he went into it knowing it could not be published, but liked it enough to continue reading. Yet his personal opinion could not outweigh their policy...
Fear not though!
I have submitted it again, this time to another family owned, mainstream publisher, TATE PUBLISHING and I will have word back no later than March 30th.
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