Dear Writers:
I received a query letter last week from an aspiring novelist who does not know how to spell. She wrote "summit" when she meant "submit." She wrote "habbit" when she really meant "habit."
This is really unacceptable. How can she possibly get an agent?
Please buy and use the following books:
1. Elements of Style by Strunk and White
2. A Dictionary
3. A Thesaurus
About Me
- Anita Diggs
- New York, New York, United States
- Anita Diggs has worked as a Senior Editor for Random House, Time Warner Trade Publishing and Thunder’s Mouth Press. She is the author of three novels: A Mighty Love, A Meeting in the Ladies Room and The Other Side of the Game. Ms. Diggs has lectured across the country on the topics of novel writing, book proposal development and how to get a literary agent. The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, C-Span, The New York Daily News have interviewed her. Columbia Journalism Review placed Ms. Diggs on their “The Shapers” list for the year 2000. The Shapers is a list of prominent New Yorkers who shape the national media agenda. Website: www.diggseditorialservices.com Email: anitadiggs@aol.com
1 comment:
Unacceptable? I am so fed up with agents, It is my belief that the writers of the world would be better off without them. Let me see you write a book. Have you ever thought that maybe that woman will be the next Anne Rice or Stephanie Mayer? That would be tuff luck, I am sorry, "tough" luck on your part. :)
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