I love my job in publishing, and work just a bit further uptown than you (think Rockefeller). However, I must admit, there is no way I could sit down with the patience that you have in writing all this out. You should be commended and clearly are deserving of some kind of shiny metallic-like award. Kudos. I'm amazed and horrified.

Perhaps another info link for you to add... when people ask me about submitting without an agent, I always point them to this article:

http://dir.salon.com/story/books/feature/2002/02/25/slush/print.html


Heh! Have fun at BEA...


Nichole