AutumnT
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« on: October 27, 2008, 10:11:32 AM » |
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Dear Sir,
I would like you to look at my manuscript called Cloud Swine. Its a 193, 872 1/2 word novel about an acid trip I had in college. I don't think I should go into details about this here though as someone could be watching. I would like you to call me but I cant give you my phone number due to the feds that I'm hiding from. Them and other government agents are all trying to find me over some plastic cow issue that I cant really talk about. But please if you could meet me at a certain hooka bar off 99th street in the city I will bring my book and a magnetic scrambler so no one can overhear our conversation with listening devices implanted in the walls.
Thank you
Bob Robert...... I will tell you my real name at our meeting
P.S. I will be dressed like the post man. No one suspects them.
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jacinda
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2008, 12:12:53 PM » |
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I think I've actually met this guy...
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"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
--Oscar Wilde
The Souls of Insects: hibernating around 20,058/90,000
Cryptomancy: killing me at 13,000+...wtf?
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AutumnT
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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2008, 01:04:31 PM » |
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lmao... I think it might be my boyfriend................... hahahha
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bodwen
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2008, 02:41:06 PM » |
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Dear "Bob":
Thank you for sending your query to our latest maildrop. Your manuscript sound interesting, and right up our alley. We would be honored to look over a partial. However, due to the secretive nature of our outfit we can not meet with you, nor can we give out our address.
Instead send us the first 50 pages, one word at a time in the form of an anagram, by taking out a series of classified ads in the Boston Herald (not our real city) entitled "Sofa for sale. $50. Khaki, with a large sweat-stain on the seat." Be sure to deliberately mispell the word that comes before the anagram, so we'll know which one to look for. These ads must be in Courier, double-spaced, with one inch margins or you will be dropped from consideration.
Thank you for your interest and I look forward to unscrambling your manuscript.
Sincerely,
X (Not my real initial... or is it?)
PS: Let us know if anyone wants to buy the sofa because we have one available.
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AutumnT
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2008, 02:49:51 PM » |
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Nostrabuttus
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« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2008, 09:24:17 AM » |
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That literary agency is one of the better ones at giving you feedback on your writing. They eventually ended up sending me a rejection along with an analysis of the the problems they had found. They circled every misspelled word I had put in my response ads. I was appreciative of that kind of feedback.
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jacinda
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« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2008, 03:23:49 PM » |
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"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
--Oscar Wilde
The Souls of Insects: hibernating around 20,058/90,000
Cryptomancy: killing me at 13,000+...wtf?
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Oxlahun
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« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2008, 03:55:02 PM » |
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did you get any responses about the couch?
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rejections: 1
partials: 1
pending: 0 (but that is going to change!)
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AutumnT
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« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2008, 04:03:37 PM » |
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hehe, only one creepy homeless dude... asked if he could sleep on it if I didn't sell it.
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