Poor Mojo's Two Minute Hate

1) I hate rejecting manuscripts. This is probably the hardest part about my job. At the SCBWI Oregon retreat, the other editor there talked about an altered decline letter they have hanging up in the office where instead of "your manuscript" it says "you" so instead of "your manuscript is not satisfying enough" or "After careful consideration, we must pass on your manuscript" it says "YOU are not satisfying enough" or "After careful consideration, we must pass on YOU." It's a reminder to them that there is a person on the other end of the letter, and to that person, to that author, we aren't just rejecting their work, but are rejecting them.

2) I hate not being able to sign up everything that I want to work on.

3) I hate being the bearer of bad news.

4) This is a more minor thing, but I hate writing jacket copy and catalog copy and other kinds of marketing copy.

And now I feel all gross for using the "H" word so much. Kinda dirty.