My personal fave so far:
How do you think it would be to live without emotions? You do know I’m a literary agent, right? On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Dave Henn <[email protected]> wrote: > Those are great, and on the same page are these tidbits: > > >>have yet to be published, but that is only because I have yet to try. > > > >And I have yet to win the Tour de France, Nobel Peace Prize, or the Quail > Hollow Hog-Calling Contest, but that’s only because…well, you know. > > and > > >>How do you think it would be to live without emotions? > > > >You do know I’m a literary agent, right? > > > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I was just checking out this new "social medium" called tumblr. When I > stumbled on slushpile hell. > > http://slushpilehell.tumblr.com/page/2 > > > > It's a funny blog by a grumpy literary agent with snippets of query > letters like: > > > > Greetings agent. I have written the most important book on earth. > > > > I’M TYPING MY QUERY IN ALL CAPS SO YOU WILL BE SURE TO NOTICE IT! > > > > and commentary like: > > To the crazy-eyed writer who showed up at my office today in a Ford > Econoline van with a Red-Bull-stained manuscript in your hands: Thank you > for not killing me > > > > Alicia > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
