A Hopeful Author Apologizes To A Literary Agent For An Email Error
Please know I appreciate your patience and understanding, and that I love you.
From: JessicaSmith@mail.com
To: JessicaVale@agentmail.com
Sent: Saturday, 11:07 PM
Dear Jessica Vale,
In my recent email to you requesting representation for my literary novel Letters Lost, I neglected to include my telephone number. I apologize for the oversight. You’ll find the number in my signature below.
I hope this minor error won’t tarnish your opion of my sample or give you the impression that I’m careless about my work.
Sincerely,
Jessica Smith
(212) 555–8871
From: JessicaSmith@mail.com
To: JessicaVale@agentmail.com
Sent: Saturday, 11:11 PM
Dear Jessica,
I apologize for having sent you another imperfect email. I saw the typo as I hit “send,” and I could not be more mortified.
In a fortuitous turn, that mishap alerted me to the fact that I had forgotten to attach, in my initial email, the summary requested in your…