I had to link to this article, because one of the blogs I follow was recommended by another blog I follow. Chuck Wendig is a naughty, naughty man and his language and metaphors can be M/MA at times. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. The man has a wicked way with words.
Here’s some snippets from a doubly-great article:
Agents have seen it all. They are the first line of defense in the war against Bad Books and Shitty Storytelling. It’s a wonder that some of them don’t just snap and try to take out half of New York City with a dirty bomb made of radioactive stink-fist query letters and cat turd manuscripts.
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It’s easy to imagine agents as iron-hearted gatekeepers guarding the gates of Publishing Eden with their swords of fire: marketing angels serving the God of the Almighty Dollar. Most of the agents I know and have met are readers first. They do this because they love this, not because it pays them in private jets and jacuzzis filled with 40-year-Macallan Scotch. They like to read. They love books. Which is awesome.
And here’s your weekly cat pic:
Weekly cat pic? I beg to differ!
Jolyon: Because it’s more than weekly? Or because I missed a week recently?
Perhaps I’m wrong, but it seems like every second or third day has a cat picture 😉
Well, browsing through the archives, it appears that there’s been a dearth of cat pictures of late. Cat pictures for the past ~40 entries tend to be clumped together in bunches, apparently 😉
Jolyon: So your answer is “Both”. Well, baby pictures and cat pictures set off similar synapses in the brain, I believe.
Just a note, I don’t think your twitter-tale posted correctly? There seems to be a post missing.
Thanks Jolyon! I don’t think I’d have noticed that on my own. Fixed now, I believe.