ON YET ANOTHER REJECTION

Finally, getting round
to cleaning out my spam
I found yet another
rejection of my novel
from
a literary agent who
actually bothered to give some feedback

"Whilst your narrative voice feels original,
the idea of a new-age world run by computer programs
is a well trodden one,
and I worry that your novel
won't stand out in an already over-crowed market."

I agree
there are far too many crows
in the book world
too many buzzards
too many starlings
too many wingy flappy creatures
in general

however
one thing puzzled me.
My novel isn't about
"a new-age world run by computer programs"
not remotely

She also wrote 'programmes'
as 'programs'
call me old-fashioned
but
that too gets on my wick