Aspiring writers can easily find an endless amount of nasty or rude rejections wielded by literary agents. But not this time.

“Subject: Query

Dear Monique,

Thank you for sharing your work with me–and for your patience in waiting to hear back. You write well, but I’m afraid that I just didn’t have that “Yes! This is for me!” feeling–so I’m going to bow out.

That said, I’d be happy to hear about any future manuscripts you may have. Please see further information below.

Whatever happens, I hope you will continue writing and sending out your work. In case they would be useful to you, I’ve included a list of my favorite resources below.

Again, thank you for sharing this with me. I hope this finds you well–and writing.

All best wishes.”

Thankfully, I have never received a rude rejection. I know this is due to the highly sensitive and difficult emotional content of my memoir.

I have been the lucky recipient of other positively worded – no thanks – in the past. This one happened to be perfectly timed to get me back to writing. Maybe, if nothing else, it was a reminder to stop allowing all of the distractions of life (even the good ones) to get in the way.

Each time I hear yet another story about a person who has endured months or years with a sociopath the more determined I am to tell the story. Not that of a victim but as the purposeful woman who forged the way for my children in spite of my ex-husband’s efforts to derail me at every turn.

Sociopaths don���t change who they are. I don’t know that they can. They masquerade as empathetic human beings continuing to lure others, adapting along the way, by becoming model members of society.

Fortunately, in my case at least, there are documents, fingerprints that were taken on the weapon, statements made by witnesses, depositions transcribed and still, his version of the events of that day just don’t add up. Regardless of how he has attempted to spin the story of that day, the truth will be told.

What happened to me and my children WILL be told with all its ugliness. As the literary agent encouraged, I will continue to write until I get to that “Yes, I want this story because people need to know.”

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