This week I received a most interesting handwritten note from an editor. After submitting a personal essay for his consideration, he wrote back: "It sounds like an interesting relationship."
I guess he had read my essay--a reflection on twenty-five years of marriage--but his note impressed me as somewhat shallow. I hope my essay was well-written, but more than that, I hope my marriage is more than just "interesting."
Lots of things are interesting: chess sets, igneous rocks, the newest laser printer. But if all I've got to offer is "interesting", well, I'm not interested.
What really interests me is why editors write what they write in response to my many submissions?
I would be interested in knowing the answer to that one.
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