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February 2024 in Review

Hello Funny People, Things appear to be growing a bit brighter. I can't make any claims to major victories this months, but I will say that life seems to be heading towards such a direction at the moment. Art by Devora Johnson  Dispatch from the Query Trenches Thus far, I've heard back from three (3) of the ten (10) queries I sent back in January, all naturally responses in the negative. This doesn't surprise me. I always assume that the world usually suffers from a two-week long post-holiday hangover. It usually takes that long for most professionals to get their shit together and bounce back into the routine of work. Also, given how late in January I sent them, I wasn't expecting them to get back to me so promptly.  That said, it didn't stop me from sending 10 more queries from the names in my log spreadsheet the first weekend in February, of which I've heard back—again, in the negative—from 2. As I said last month, my goal was to send 10 queries a

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