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Aaa I can't write a good query letter, maybe my book is just terrible, maybe I'm just a fail, noooo, etc., etc.

In other news, I have seen lots of awesome people this week! So that's good. Today I am taking an Introvert Day, because I need it. Also, there are Useful Things What I Should Do: Ideomancer stuff, writing yet another query-letter draft, maybe noodling on this idea I had a few days ago, reading more about Anne Conway.

Am I actually going to query agents about a novel? Flail, flail, flail.

(This entire post: proof that I need to send ARP out, if only to get myself past this stage of utter terror and panic.)

Noted: Twilight frequently taken to task for vaunting a relationship wherein one participant watches the other while sleeping without consent.

Noted: Santa Claus cited as paragon of virtue and dictator of morality.

[Exhibit A: Lyrics of song "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town": "He sees you when you're sleeping / He knows when you're awake".]

Noted: Based on present cultural mythology, you do not appear to be able to deny consent to Santa Claus.

Hypothesized: Our culture has really weird standards.
Hypothesized: Telling kids that it's okay if someone watches them sleep (as long as they have good intentions) is fine when they're little but not fine when they're teenagers.
Hypothesized: Santa Claus is, in fact, Edward Cullen.

(Yes, yes, I understand there are differences. I stand behind my claim that Santa Claus is actually kind of a creepy guy, at least as represented in some of the songs. I may or may not feel similarly about omniscient gods.)