"The truth hurts."

And that's what happened here. There are different ways you can look at this, one being your fault for neglecting the edits and just sending it out and another being just so excited and happy that you forgot about all of the editing due to bliss.

Either way you look at it, at least you sent it out, got feedback on what the publisher thought was wrong with it and at least you can have another go at it.

Crayon and construction paper isn't appropriate.

Get the spaghetti sauce off the paper before mailing.

No, we couldn't see the white out you used on your word processor screen.

That 8x10 glossy photo of you in your wife's lingerie did not lend atmosphere to your romance novel. Although it is a great dieting aid!

Hey just because it's public domain doesn't mean you can scratch off Bram Stoker's name and write your's in!

No we won't give you Stephen king's home number- so quit asking.

As you can tell I have rec'd wonderful and helpful rejects and I have taken their suggestions to heart. Since my purchase of a color printer- no more boring black and white stuff! I'm sending my manuscript out in rainbow bubbles font in 8 pt text on neon orange paper!

Seriously rejections happen- rewrite and resubmit to another publisher. The market guide is 3 inches thick you won't run out of markets any time soon.

JB Skaggs