I received earlier this week a reply from Prospect Agency regarding Black Dreams, Silver Linings. A rejection like this is enough to keep me going for months. Particularly note the Editorial Note.
From: Prospect Agency - Submissions <submissions@prospectagency.com> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:22:41 -0400 To: Gretchen hummel <Gretchhh@aol.com> Subject: Your submission To Gretchen Hummel, Thank you for submitting to Prospect Agency. We greatly appreciate your submission, and though Black Dreams, Silver Linings is not a good fit for us, we think your writing shows promise. We would be interested in considering future projects from you should you choose to submit them. We wish you all the best in your writing career and thank you for thinking of Prospect Agency. With best wishes, Prospect Agency Editorial Note: Well written and the premise was intriguing. Unfortunately, these first chapters moved too slowly to keep my interest and didn't quite pull me in enough. I would be happy to see more work from this author though!