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more about #badwriting more comments → ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: I love this capital "C" Corporate thing - so vague, so scary. more » volvoxnomad: I think it is especially beautiful how! punctuation becomes a proxy for stream of consciousness. Where--better than-- a science fiction novel to !flag... more » BCWoods: A thought experiment: "Kutch glared into the monster's single neon red eye; his muscular sweaty chest heaving from the exertion of their brawl. In the... more » bluehinter: What really makes me depressed, is that I (and 9/10ths of regular io9 posters) probably have better stuff just laying about on 3.25 disks in the botto... more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: If he can get an agent maybe I can. I have been pushing this book for far too long. It is about a murder on the international space station. I call ... more » twophrasebark: I think what we have all learned from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is that you're more likely to succeed if your concept can be pitched in about on... more » 5AMfrenchtoast: The way in which many agents have responded to this whole agentfail thing is unbelievable. Agents make a game out of calling writers stupid, posting t... more » Pope John Peeps II: "Kutch is not a typical science fiction-fantasy monster slayer relying on training and experience to take on the unknown." Kutch raised his eyes from ... more » thesis: Kutch is not a typical science fiction-fantasy monster slayer relying on training and experience to take on the unknown. That sentence is pure win, an... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: This only makes it even more implausible that every single literary agent should have rejected my query letter. more » -
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Would You Be This Science Fiction Author's Agent?
If you think a lot of drek appears on science-fiction bookshelves every year, imagine the stuff that passes across a literary agent's desk. Just check out one writer's particularly horrendous query letter. More »
