Okay, I admit it—I didn’t think this was going to funny, but it was. Funny… because it’s true. (Via GalleyCat.)

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Look at things from the other way around: I’m waiting for agents and editors to make a “Shit authors say” video.

ant to learn what not to put in your query letter? Or maybe you just can’t get enough #queryfail? A self-proclaimed “grumpy literary agent” has started SlushPile Hell, a Tumblr blog dedicated to terrible author queries he (or she) has received—plus snarky commentary. Here’s a quick sampling:

Greetings agent. I have written the [...]

Over at his eponymous blog, literary agent Nathan Bransford (of Curtis Brown Ltd. in San Francisco) is running his “3rd Sort-of-Annual Stupendously Ultimate First Paragraph Challenge.” Post the first paragraph of your work-in-progress on the contest page, and Bransford will select those he deems strongest as finalists. Readers of his blog will then [...]