Yesterday I got a form-ish rejection, made somehow more depressing by the fact that this was the second rejection in a row from this editor where my name was misspelled. Okay, maybe I'm being overly touchy, but two misspellings in a row was a bit of a sting. Can't really explain why, but for some reason that particular bounce really got me down.

There's no S in my name!!!

But fortunately today I received yet another rejection.

Uh, Diana? Did you say "fortunately?"

Yeah, I did, because even though this one was a bounce, it was an extremely encouraging "send me more" bounce. Okay, so it still wasn't a check and a contract, but it was definitely on the high side of being rejected.

And my name was spelled right, too.