If you like the amusing, hilarious, or just plain sad (again in a funny way) tales of authors, check out SlushPile Hell. It's a truly fantastic blog featuring query letter fails shared by a real-life (at least I assume) literary agent who answers them on his blog with a snarky comment.
Obviously if I ever get around to querying an agent I want my query to be so awesome that the agent is literally begging me to sign on with him/her. But I'm also a believer that if you are going to fail, you should fail so stupendously that it will inspire and entertain others. (And by you, I literally mean you, or at least anyone not me.) I don't want to fail stupendously.
Everyone enjoy their Mondays and if that seems like an impossible feat (which it might if you are experiencing the weather currently smothering the Midwest), browse SlushPile Hell and be comforted by the fact that although Mondays can be awful, at least you're not the writer of one of those comical queries.
Obviously if I ever get around to querying an agent I want my query to be so awesome that the agent is literally begging me to sign on with him/her. But I'm also a believer that if you are going to fail, you should fail so stupendously that it will inspire and entertain others. (And by you, I literally mean you, or at least anyone not me.) I don't want to fail stupendously.
Everyone enjoy their Mondays and if that seems like an impossible feat (which it might if you are experiencing the weather currently smothering the Midwest), browse SlushPile Hell and be comforted by the fact that although Mondays can be awful, at least you're not the writer of one of those comical queries.
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