About Me

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
My first book, "Invisible Sisters: A Memoir" has been named one of "Twenty Five Books All Georgians Should Read!" I would love to visit your bookclub, either in person (in the South) or through the magic of electronics. My writing has received a "Special Mention" for a 2008 Pushcart Prize. I have been honored with a residency at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Bethany, CT., a Fellowship at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts in Rabun Gap, Georgia, and the 2009 Peter Taylor Nonfiction Fellowship at the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. Locally, I teach workshops in creative writing, memoir, and feature journalism, and am a member of the faculty of an art college, where I teach screenwriting. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte (N.C.) and a B.S. in Communication from Emerson College, in Boston. I used to work in television. I did not push the broom behind the elephant. Usually, I served as mahout - I drove the (allegorical) elephant. If he was SAG or AFTRA. Rock stars do not scare me.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

How Not To Query An Agent


Want to write the perfect query letter? First, read these from "slush pile hell " and promise me, yourself, and all the hard working, patient, and terrific agents out there that you will never, ever, do anything like these.

Scout's honor?

Thanks to Brevity for the link.

2 comments:

Kel said...

HA! The posts on the site you linked to were both hilarious and witty.

"I talked to God. He said he was just messing with you."

"If you underline one more word, I will have to stab myself in the eyes."

I think those two are my favorites!

http://kelonent.blogspot.com

jessica handler said...

Consider yourself linked, Kel! Those two are some of my faves, too.

Keep responding to blogs you like all kinds of places, and make your link to your blog a live link using the "name/URL" option in the identity field when you do it.

Blog on!