LITERARY FAILS: Totally (sic ) has been a work in progress for
several years. These handpicked 101 excerpts, selected from tens of
thousands of actual query letters received by Martin Literary
Management were sent by severely "misguided individuals" in their
desire to become commercially published authors. Each section of
the book and many individual letters are accompanied by fabulous
original artwork in pen and ink. Every quoted letter in this book
is verbatim, right down to the misspellings, the word spacing, and
the typos. Only the responses represent wishful thinking. In other
words-Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, but no, there is no
hope that these letters are made up-the people who wrote them are
really out there, sharing the road with us, serving on juries, and
voting in elections. These anti-examples of letters and responses
are offered to amuse, but more importantly to encourage every
conscientious writer to remember-the literary marketplace is
crowded, but a lot of the traffic generated by their "competition"
looks like this-- sent by hapless writers too careless or too
crazed to beat others out of their desired goal of writing and
selling worthy words The responses, always with a sense of humor,
leave you turning the pages wanting more.
General
| Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2012 |
| First published: |
February 2012 |
| Illustrators: |
Ray Toler
|
| Authors: |
Anthony Flacco
• Sharlene Martin
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
154 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4681-4602-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
Humour >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-4681-4602-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781468146028 |
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