I got my first rejection letter from the syndicators today. It was from Tribune Media Services (TMS), and it read as follows:
Dear Jason,
Thank you for your proposal for possible syndication at TMS. Rest assured that your work was reviewed by and editor. While we may have found merit in your york, we are not currently launching new features in this content area. We are concentrating on other areas or have sufficient content at this time in the field in which you specialize.
TMS receives many submissions that are of high quality, but we can not take the vast majority. Each submission requires extensive marketing and selling effort, and we introduce a relatively small number of new features each year. Also, TMS editors often solicit and develop material for syndication that does not arrive in the form of a submission.
We do appreciate your interest and wish you the best in placing your feature elsewhere. Should we shift our focus to your area of expertise, we now have you on the radar for consideration.
Thank you,
Mary Elson
Managing Editor/Tribune Media Services
It doesn't hurt when you expect it. One down, three more to go...
4 comments:
Oh Jason.... so sorry to hear about the rejection letter. You know WE think your columns are GREAT - you make us laugh all the time!!! They're making a big mistake. Keep them coming!!
Well, this won't keep from writing. They may try to keep me down, but not gonna happen. Unless they pay me lots of money to go away.
To set things on a level field, Jason is my nephew who I have known since he was a wee tike. However, I believe he has tallent and the persistence necessary to keep writing. His family will help provied generous helpings of optimism to keep the wheels greased. Keep at it Jason.
Thanks for that.
(I'll mail you the 20 bucks when I get paid, Tim)
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