A chinchilla owned by M. F. Chapman,
the first man to domestica the animals
"What do you suppose it means when your manuscript comes back to you like a well-hurled boomerang? It doesn't mean you're a brain-damaged churl who couldn't write your name in the dirt with a stick. It doesn't mean your story stinks on ice. It doesn't mean you should forget about writing and pay more attention to those ads promising high profits raising chinchillas in your bathtub.
All it means is that a particular editor didn't want to buy a particular story on a particular day."
-- Lawrence Block, from his book -- Telling Lies for Fun & Profit
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