Peanuts by Charles Schulz for March 31, 2021

Poor Snoopy, the story is destroyed. THe editors could be nice about it.

Was that the story about the golfer from Monday, or the skater from yesterday?

back to the drawing board (or in a writer’s case, the typewriter)

At least they didn’t throw it in the compost heap.

It could have been worse. They could have used the pages of your manuscript to line their bird cages.;-D

Go ahead, guys. Tell him how you really feel…

It was a dark and stormy rejection…

Another way to get the story to the public…

Return to sender, address unknown No such number, no such zone.

So….airmail?

Look on the bright side, Snoopy. At least you got your story ‘out there’ in the world, instead of it sitting buried on some second-rated editor’s desk.

Try writing something about the Easter Beagle.

As Billy Joel used to sing: “Honesty, it’s such a lonely word.”

Dear contributor, for a moment we though we had a winner of a joke book on our hands as we laughed our heads off, until we got halfway down the first page and realized you were serious.

None of our editors managed to make it past page 6 including Jake, our resident insomniac who is keeping his copy in lieu of renewing his prescription for heavy medications to go to sleep.

Nonetheless, we found it quite useful. We’ve used it to wrap fish heads, line the box where we have a litter of puppies and mixed with other manure, it gives just the right texture to our compost heap. Speaking of which, the additional copies were distributed to various outhouses in the Ozark Mountains where I am sure they will be appreciated.

Poor Snoop! Rejection dejection (sigh).

Just because the story is bad doesn’t make it OK to litter.

That’s every big time publisher in a nutshell.

They don’t call it “the slush pile” for nothing…

That’s what they do with job applications these days.

Been sending stuff to MAD again, huh, Snoopy?

One way of your writing getting to really fly… though not the way he hoped for

talk about rejection

Do not give up, Snoopy.

Ouch…very ouch….

that was rude

Ticker tape parade on the street below?

Insult to injury…….

…if he didn’t send a return address, how did he get this letter??

Nowadays authors send their queries via email. The agent quickly deposits said partial manuscript into the email trash can. I wonder sometimes if they even read them.

LOL!

Don’t give up Snoopy. Remember most great authors have had to suffer. It’s part of the creative process.

Could have thrown it in a shredder to produce the confetti for the next ticker tape parade.

It is standard procedure to include SASE when sending a manuscript if you want it back, Snoopy. You were lucky to hear from them at all. ( that is Self Addressed Stamped Envelope).

“We had a lot of fun making paper airplanes and testing our new paper shredder with your story.”

Publishing is like marriage – You’ve heard of it. Your friends have all done it. But somehow, it’s just never happened to you no matter how hard you’ve tried.

Out the window ?? No respect for Snoopy. How very very sad. (You better check your computer screens for drops of my tears falling. ;-)