Now we’re up 2 rejections for the Ridge Runner in two days. I’ve been quite surprised at how fast the turnaround has been. In the days of brute force submissions, it might take several months between answers. Thanks to the digital age, the response time is short. There’s a plus I guess.

Rogue Lackey put this all in perspective last night for me. He told me the story of Harlan Sanders, yes, the KFC Colonel guy. Around his 62nd birthday the state built a new highway that diverted all the traffic from his restaurants. He sold the place and was left with nothing more than 162 bucks a month from Social Security. So the Colonel decided to hawk his secret chicken recipe. His idea was, sell other restaurants a license to his formula.

He jumped into his car and drove across the south making pitch after pitch for his 11 herbs and spices. 1065 restaurants later, he got his first yes. Shortly afterwards he met Dave Thomas (yep the Wendy’s guy – this was before Wendy’s), and they launched the first food franchise.

Now, I just gotta do better than that before getting my yes. After all, there’s barely more than 1065 literary agents in business.