Is This for Real? by Kathy Strobos

Author:Kathy Strobos [Kathy Strobos]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Strawbundle Publishing
Published: 2022-06-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter eighteen

To: Penelope

From: Agent

Date: Sunday

Thank you for sending us Midnight Masquerade. I am sorry to say that it wasn’t the perfect fit for my list. Although I like your voice and your character, there’s too much backstory. This process is subjective, so we are sure another agent will feel differently. We hope you soon find a home for it with another agent.

I stare at this rejection. I only have one more query outstanding.

This confirms my decision not to tell Rory we should date for real, and instead, I should pull away. We finished cleaning the rest of the house this morning, and we were back in the city by midafternoon. He dropped me off at my apartment. It was quick, as if we both had made the decision to retreat and not cross any more lines. I was about to suggest we stop fake dating, but then he brought up that Callie was having a birthday party dinner catered at her house on Thursday. I asked him if he needed me as a barrier. He said that he hadn’t wanted to interfere with my writing schedule, but he would love for me to come. I’m far enough ahead in my writing that I felt okay saying yes. Then I mentally kicked myself for not sticking to my resolution to disengage. But I decided that, after dinner, I will end this fake dating arrangement.

The last agent said there wasn’t enough backstory in Midnight Masquerade, and this agent says there's too much. I need to figure it out for myself. If only my own backstory was not holding me back.

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