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Don't call us we'll call you
I recently got a response from an American magazine after I pitched an idea to them, and the editor said it's "prohibitively difficult" to get in as a contributor. That's got to be the best "Don't call us we'll call you" response I've had!
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What's wrong with a straight, 'sorry, no'?
Indeed. I may pitch another idea in future though - don't want to be put off too easily!
Are you sure that wasn't just customers of RBS and Nat West?
A friend of mine had enough rejections for his theologically-inspired books that he found a charity to publish them.
I don't know what the charity is, but you can look him up on Google - Kevin Carey. He is the President of the RNIB and he is blind. He's a broadcaster and lay-reader,
His first book is called "Perpetua" and the series is Testament for the Third Millenium.
Edited to say - (Or similar - that might not be quite right)
You can't take the grammatical high ground with a sentence like that, Liz.
It turns out the writer I mention above is the magazine's editor and apparently is a leading authority on British travel and culture.