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Her rejection letter was certainly polite. She's leaving the door open to work together in the future. Perhaps you spent too much time up front before knowing whether it was a go. That's not her fault.
All you really owed her was your estimate/evaluation. Would have been fine to stop there until she made a decision.
Steve
On Thursday, October 12, 2017 6:35 AM, Chris Morton wrote:
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Finally Jeannie sent me the inevitable email late yesterday:
*Thank you so much for your interest in working with us and for your patience as we reviewed candidates. We have decided to go with another writer for this particular project due to timeline and budget. It was nice connecting with you and I am happy to keep you in mind for future projects if that is of interest to you.*
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