Thank you for your inquiry. We are sorry, but we don't think we are the appropriate agents for your inquiry. Best of luck elsewhere. Sincerely, (photocopied signature of agent).

This is what came in the mail today on one-half of a letter sized sheet of paper. Don't get me wrong--I'm all for saving the trees. Whatev. It's hard to learn something from these kind of rejections. Okay, so what exactly didn't work? The story idea? It couldn't have been the goods, because I sent only a query. Ah, tomorrow is another day.

Writer's Tip: Don't write on a computer that is hooked up to the internet.