With trembling fingers...

by Victoria Whithear
3rd December 2012

...I handed my submission across. The clerk wiped it away, stamped it up and then glared at me because I was having trouble leaving the post office counter.

The agent I was posting to invites submissions by post or email, but as it was my first ever I wanted to do it the old-fashioned way. Do you send by email because it's free or is it too likely to get lost in cyberspace for your liking? I have to admit, having stared at my envelope pondering possible errors and been asked to clear the counter for the next customer, I think email would be less embarrassing!

Do you have a preference?

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No, I sent it first class.

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Lol. I meant whipped it away. You can tell it was the staff xmas party last night.

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Best of Luck, Victoria.

I believe the old-fashioned way is best.

It gives the publishers reader an easier read.

I prefer to read print-outs rather than directly off the computer screen.

By-the-way, did you send it by recorded-delivery?

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