Wired Writer

Crazy Is As Crazy Does

Good grief, I have to share this with you, lest I explode due to the enormous and still swelling disbelief I have of stupid people!

What really gets me is the responses she received from the authors upon their rejections:

World's Worst Book Proposals
by Angela Hoy (of WritersWeekly.com and Booklocker.com)
This week, I'm sharing snippets of some of the worst book proposals we've ever received. I hope you get a giggle from them like we did. Yes, these are real!
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"The Complet Guide of How You Can Havethe most Happiest Family on Earth - my book is highly recommede for married couples."
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"It is intresting, intriging and has a cute little twist."
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"My book is a fresh idea. I have been told its original and there isnt any out there quit like it."
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"A practical handbook fir families"
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This ebook is of exceptionally high quality and offerrs its readers a complete and unusually practical solution..."
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"This book will not be acceptable to 99% of people..."
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After all, hard work doesn't necessarily get you anywhere in life. If anything, working hard is stupid, and theft seems a lot more intelligent.
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"This is a very offensive book, and the reader should not be warned of this in any way."
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And finally, after rejecting their proposals, I received these lovely emails from the authors:
"I'm not a nice guy, because nice people get trampled on, and don't say they don't get trampled on, 'cause they do. (Yes, that's a subtle insult to you.)"
"I think the one who is rude is you. I have tried my best to be diplomatic. I hope God forgive you of your sins......and cure you of the mental demons that are raging inside you!""You are a big over-reamed sloppy prostitute's (bleep) who worships the (bleep) that rapes you."
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Me again:
Holy shit.
Makes me think of this quote by Robert Wilensky:
"We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true."

posted by A.M.Adams @ 10/08/2005 08:16:00 PM