I’m not too proud to admit I did, in hopes that if it’s true we’ll get a spate of Posting Through It. Sometimes you have to admit to yourself that the schadenfreude is worth compromising the blocklist.
I had a thread earlier but this person claimed to be a literary agent and was posting about unsolicited manuscripts. Everyone got rightly mad. Now we’re here.
I drove through Wyoming once and the part I saw at least is absolutely the worst place I've ever been on earth. We stayed at an AirBnB near Sinclair which is called that because it's near the Sinclair gas refinery.
If you've never smelled a gas refinery... keep it up, seriously.
these are so incredibly specific that the number of people who have actually read them or commented on them is close to zero and anyone in their office could have identified them immediately
Not quick enough apparently. I don't really know if you were ever a literary agent, but if I were your boss, I would ensure you became an ex-agent as soon as I could get the door revolving & could throw your cleared personal items out after you.
I’d be upset if he blew up my story too! Not because it’s embarrassing, but like buddy this is my IP. I’m obvs delusional enough to believe in it, that’s why I sent it to you!
my hot take is that the concept was mean and gross but a few of the entries were funny, and if they had done the bit as photoshopped Publishers Weekly announcements of forthcoming books they would have got enough love to reinforce the good jokes
yeah, think you’re probably right but the way they were hiding replies and blocking people didn’t seem like a bit? presumably you want your bit to be widely seen.
I think it was part of the bit but started reading the subs and there is no agency on earth that lives an ms and drops the author because they don't like a char name it was a poe
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(some of the pitches were ‘art’ and others art in an at least creative way)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56uSDQECrRQ
If you've never smelled a gas refinery... keep it up, seriously.
(San Francisco would also work. Sunset on a warm day in Delores Park, high as a fucking kite: to me, this is heaven.)
because i am in it for the love of the game (derogatory).
If they want people to stop trying to figure them out, maybe stopping their mean activities is the thing to do.