Or, Reason Number One Million and Three Why I Love This Job! (Other possible but eventually discarded titles for this post included: "Emails That Make You Laugh Out Loud As You Write Them" or "Emails That Make Me Sound Crazy But Are Actually Totally Professional.")
Amidst a busy few days of paperwork, reading, meetings, and more paperwork, I had an utterly delightful moment that amused me so much that I thought I'd share it. From my Sent Mail folder, then--the following note to one of our author/illustrators:
"Dear XXX, I'm just sending you a quick note to let you know that the hippos arrived via Fedex today, just as expected."
There is something sublime--and wildly, fantastically delightful--about the fact that a statement like that (and the wonderful visual image it evokes) is all in a day's work for a children's book editor. Truly, there's never a dull moment at the Bowen Press!
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"I want a hippopotamus for Chriiiistmas. Only a hippopotamus will dooooo..."
What a coincidence! I have an email in my Sent folder that is almost exactly the same. Only, it's UPS instead of FedEx. And the hippos are invoices.
But otherwise, it's exactly the same!
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