Wannabee Signs
From: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48003
Top Ten Reasons Why Wannabees Stay Wannabees
by Tish Davidson
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10. Why would I want to read novels when I write them?
9. I finished my novel last night, now where do I send it?
8. My storys so grate It don't matter if i can spell and punchuate. Its the edators job to fix that stuff up.
7. I know 350,000 words is a little long for a first novel, but you don't understand. In my genre long novels sell.
6. It's all luck anyway, so I'm going to query every agent in Jeff Herman's book.
5. Query, what's a query?
4. What do you mean you want snail mail submissions? I only use e-mail.
3. I'll print my manuscript on hot pink paper and deliver it with a stripper who jumps out of a cake, then they'll know how creative I am.
2. You requested the first 25 pages, so I'm sending you chapters 8 and 10 because they are the best.
1. I e-mailed this agent 3 days ago and she hasn't answered, so I'm going to call her and see what the hold-up is.
Top Ten Reasons Why Wannabees Stay Wannabees
by Tish Davidson
...
10. Why would I want to read novels when I write them?
9. I finished my novel last night, now where do I send it?
8. My storys so grate It don't matter if i can spell and punchuate. Its the edators job to fix that stuff up.
7. I know 350,000 words is a little long for a first novel, but you don't understand. In my genre long novels sell.
6. It's all luck anyway, so I'm going to query every agent in Jeff Herman's book.
5. Query, what's a query?
4. What do you mean you want snail mail submissions? I only use e-mail.
3. I'll print my manuscript on hot pink paper and deliver it with a stripper who jumps out of a cake, then they'll know how creative I am.
2. You requested the first 25 pages, so I'm sending you chapters 8 and 10 because they are the best.
1. I e-mailed this agent 3 days ago and she hasn't answered, so I'm going to call her and see what the hold-up is.
posted by Georganna Hancock M.S. | 11:11 AM
2 Comments:
If you don't understand any (or all) of these items, send me an email, and I'll write a blog post on the subject. Or, if you are bold or disagree with anything listed, comment and we can discuss it in public.
Unfortunately, I agree with all of them. I laughed (guffawed, actually) at 9 and 5.
I hear a lot of "I know you aren't supposed to do it this way, but..." from new writers who have just the first few chapters done and are going to start passing them around to publishers.
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