From the feel better about yourself Friday files:

Despite the fact that the editor of MBToolbox is in fact Catholic, our lack of interest in the Harry Potter series has nothing to do with the fact that it's a Satanist tract. No, we just lack whimsy and belief in the delightful. So let's check in with John Kenney, an editor who turned down JK Rowling's work. He seems to be doing quite well, thank you:

I said I enjoyed her work a great deal, but that it didn't meet our needs at this time, the standard industry brushoff. There was a pause and I thought the line had gone dead when I heard laughing. "Mr. Wortham," she said with a light British accent. "I was calling as a courtesy, actually. To tell you that I sold the book. To Scholastic. For ..." The line went dead. Or perhaps I passed out. I forget which.

My wife left me. Did I mention that?

Oh well. You can't feel worse than the guy who didn't sign the Beatles, right?