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copy editor
doggedly i filled out forms
sighing about another waste
of effort and time: title, genre
number of pages, synopsis
sample of writing (3000-word max)
date for response – give her
30 days, at least
i pressed SUBMIT expecting to forget
i’d submitted by the time i heard
when half an hour later she emailed
“Interesting” and sent a proposal
a professional with contacts
is interested in my characters
several have been enthused in the past
but they were anonymous judges i had no way to follow up with
but this is someone I now have
a contract with, will work with
one-on-one
i am chin-high in correcting errors
in the manuscript again
i want to send her my best to do
these people i write about justice
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