a shot in the dark: miss # 4

yesterday i picked up my portfolio and 3 story concepts i left with an editor at publisher Henry Holt & Company last week:

"Dear Brian -
Thanks so much for dropping off your portfolio. I think your scripts and sample sketches all have merit and are very child-friendly. Even so, I'm afraid I just didn't connect strongly with them so I'm not able to move forward. Thanks all the same for giving me the opportunity to review your work. Best wishes to you and yours."

ahhhh, another compliment and another lesson in subjectivity. i can't blame anyone for not connecting with a story. would you really publish something you didn't make a connection with? i hope not. and i respect the fact she got back to me right away. 4 houses down, many more to go. the quest continues...