Number two daughter had kindly passed her cold and chest infection on to me. Still, I do feel nice and toasty despite the weather.

 

Second rejection came in yesterday:

 

"Many thanks for sending us this proposal, which I read with interest. I considered it carefully but I’m afraid on balance it just doesn’t quite grab my imagination in the way that it must for me to offer to represent it."

 

I have to say I've been very impressed with the timely responses and gentle let-downs. Far from being disheartened, I'm really enjoying the process - even if the end result is a no. It's certainly making me want to spend more time on my latest book.

 

That's if I'm still upright by the end of the day.

 

I know I've promised to post extracts from the latest story, and have singularly failed to do so, but I'm very much intending to get something posted next week.

 

Cold permitting, of course.