Seagman
-
Merry Christmas Eve! May your holidays be wonderful, and your 2010 be better than you could ever imagine!
about 19 hours ago
from Tweetie
-
Things do not bode well when a sample chapter begins: "Prolog" I wonder if there is an "Antilog."
4:11 PM Nov 13th
from web
-
Wow, I'm horribly snarky today. Okay, more than usual.
4:05 PM Nov 13th
from web
-
I should write a book: "From Bad To Worse: How To Write Awful Queries & Get Rejected All The Time." Yeah, I wouldn't buy it either.
3:56 PM Nov 13th
from web
-
Received a with no greeting, no explanation, no introduction, no how-do-you-do -- just a tease reading like a bad dust jacket flap.
3:54 PM Nov 13th
from web
-
Received another Monday with NO NAME. Anonymity is not your friend.
7:27 PM Nov 11th
from Tweetie
-
Sort of received an email today with no subject in the subject line. Found it after perusing the junk folder. (Don't do this.)
7:25 PM Nov 11th
from Tweetie
-
@ -- The irony was how plain and bland the writing was. You know, if you want to change the world . . .
6:53 PM Oct 29th
from Tweetie
in reply to mgbuehrlen
-
So, is that writer onto something? Or just venting?
5:14 PM Oct 29th
from Tweetie
-
More: ". . . You know what the problem is, you guys need to start thinking 'outside' the box and your sales will increase, trust me."
5:13 PM Oct 29th
from Tweetie
-
From a reply to a polite decline I sent out: "All you guys are beginning to sound like a broken record with nothing unique to say . . ."
5:11 PM Oct 29th
from Tweetie
-
@ -- Not as rare with clients. Maybe it's practice makes perfect? After a while, it's more about story and character choices.
6:27 PM Oct 27th
from HootSuite
in reply to mgbuehrlen
-
@ -- Rare like a giraffe in the Arctic. Most manuscripts I see are remarkably not even close to being publishable. Or readable.
6:12 PM Oct 27th
from HootSuite
in reply to mgbuehrlen
-
@ -- It was virtually flawless in tone, spelling, grammar & punctuation. A joy to see.
5:49 PM Oct 27th
from Tweetie
in reply to mgbuehrlen
-
A query just came through email . . . Sent FOUR TIMES. Why, oh why?
5:47 PM Oct 27th
from Tweetie
-
@ -- I had one recently that was very close, but the middle third went a little off-track, as it usually does for many writers.
5:41 PM Oct 27th
from Tweetie
in reply to mgbuehrlen
-
My all-time favorite opening query line: "Where do you go when you've gone too far?" (Yes, he's now a client.)
5:20 PM Oct 27th
from Tweetie
-
Received a query including a mostly non-writing-related bio ending with "My hobbies are blonds, brunettes and redheads". Alrighty then.
5:09 PM Oct 27th
from Tweetie
-
@ -- A Yahoo Mail "plauge" is when someone retweets without bothering to check the spelling, so now thousands of people look silly
8:11 AM Oct 26th
from web
in reply to ericdalen
-
Hysterical -- RT @ -- @ To your point about the dictionary...
12:10 PM Oct 23rd
from web
|
- Name Secret Agent Man
- Location Southern California
- Web http://www.secret...
- Bio Query and Manuscript Submission Do's and Don'ts . . . from a Literary Agent
|
