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
>
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