Got a reply from another publisher. This is the first unsigned form rejection I've ever received for anything, which is surprising, because I've mailed out some serious crap before. And I mean stuff that makes Eragon look like a masterpiece. I don't blame them for the rejection per se, because I can see how the story would leave a lot of people feeling uncomfortable and/or wtf. Some people can deal with it, and others will want to torch it. Big deal, haters gonna hate, but it is quite rude to mail unsigned letters.
Actually, I just remembered, a worse rejection than that was from the publisher who didn't even reply. If I hadn't later on realized that the manuscript was actually 400 pages of boring nonsense, I might have asked if they even received it, but by the time I realized they weren't going to reply, I just didn't have the balls anymore. I'm still a bit bitter about it though and won't be mailing them anything more unless everyone else turns me down. And even then, I'm not sure. Childish, I know, but I need to have some epic struggle in my life to romanticize the boring reality of writing.
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