A lesson in salesmanship...

Got a rejection slip this morning after one year, one month, and three days. It was a form rejection. No problem there—folks are busy and, hey, who’s got time to write, anyway?—but it arrived, as they sometimes do, with a special offer attached. A one-year subscription to the magazine, billed at a “Writer’s Discount.” Tell you what friend, I couldn’t reach for my wallet fast enough.