February 5th, 2011
To Whom It May Concern:
For my birthday in January this year, my sister bought me the GOYISH vs. JEWISH desk calendar that your company, Andrews McMeel publishes. I have been enjoying it tremendously. However, today when I flipped the calendar page to the current date (February 5th), I discovered a typo! The sentence reads, "You new house? Lovely...just lovely." Instead of, of course, "YOUR new house?..." I have my MFA in Creative Writing and currently work as a freelance editor among other things (I'm also a poet and visual artist). I have decided to write you this letter, with plenty of humor, but in all earnestness, to request that you consider me for an editing position (or any other position for which you feel I may be well suited) at your company, Andrews McMeel. I have attached my resume and CV to this email. I leave you with this:
GOYISH: Not finding a typo.
JEWISH: Finding a typo and then writing the publishing company to alert them of the typo and to ask that you be considered for an editing position.
(No offense to the Goyish, just making a joke...) :-)
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this letter. I look forward to hearing back from you.
Sincerely,
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^------ (I didn't include my name on this blog post, but obviously did so in my letter... I'm protecting my identity on this blog so that potential employers won't find this blog, know who wrote it, and be put off...lol...)
^------ (I didn't include my name on this blog post, but obviously did so in my letter... I'm protecting my identity on this blog so that potential employers won't find this blog, know who wrote it, and be put off...lol...)
