If an editor did send me a letter saying they'd be happy to take another look at a rewrite, and made it clear that this was not a guarantee or an obligation to either party, this would be fine -- I haven't heard of similar, but then again, people often don't pull out their earlier correspondence to let me read them
Hmm... I've not only had a few letters like this, but know other writers who have as well, to the point that I thought it was fairly standard practice.
I think it's been adult as well as kids' writers who've gotten such letters, but I'm not really sure about that. In the case of the kid writers, sometimes it's been multiple rounds that get asked for. (How much revision it's appropriate to ask for without offering a contract is the subject of some debate.)
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Date: 2004-08-10 09:02 pm (UTC)Hmm... I've not only had a few letters like this, but know other writers who have as well, to the point that I thought it was fairly standard practice.
I think it's been adult as well as kids' writers who've gotten such letters, but I'm not really sure about that. In the case of the kid writers, sometimes it's been multiple rounds that get asked for. (How much revision it's appropriate to ask for without offering a contract is the subject of some debate.)