"Seven bums and fourteen legs,
a brazen ecstasy which begs
the question some of us are asking -
is Peter Goulding multi-tasking?"

Martin Parker, Editor, Lighten Up Online

Monday, July 26, 2010

Lack of Modesty

Dear Mr. Goulding,
We appreciate your submission to Modesty Press. Unfortunately your work has not been selected for publication in A Modest Review.

Thank you for your interest in our company and for taking the time to submit your work. Please feel free to submit again in the future.

We wish you every success with your writing.

Regards,
Editor

Congratulations to all who were accepted, he smiled, through gritted teeth.

6 comments:

  1. Ha! Yes. Gritted teeth, indeed. What kind of name is "Modesty Press" anyway? Or is it some obscure Swift-reference?

    Kat

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  2. Sorry to here it Peter, good to see you dealing with it with such grace though...

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  3. Modesty Press, Modesty Blaise, Modesty Panel. Who needs 'em in this day and age. Love the teeth.

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  4. I liked the way you have taken it in your stride..their loss indeed!

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  5. I see you, sitting, clapping,grinning manically like a spurned Oscar nominee...

    And I agree, what kinda name is Modesty Press???

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