Comments on: Breaking News: Publishers, Agents Report Sharp Increase in “Unpublishable” Submissions

By: E

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:59:22 +0000

nanowrimo, “Twilight”, Nicholas Sparks romance novels, the internet, vanity, ego…Poor, poor agents.

I really don’t feel all that sorry for them, to be honest.

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By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:14:05 +0000

This is a cute story. Does anyone know how many novels originating from NaNoWriMo are submitted to publishers or agents? I’m wondering if The Office of Letters and Light ever surveyed participants to get a rough number.

By: Etienne Celibataire

Etienne Celibataire — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:12:04 +0000

well, I bump into “writers” everyday…I’m sure these guys are producing large quantities of crap. It seems like the new thing now, to write a book. everyone that spend more than two weeks on Wikipedia thinks he has enough material to share with us in form of a novel.

By: Cigars

Cigars — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:58:59 +0000

It surprises you that nano novels are getting published? What’s so surprising about that? It’s all about money these days.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:37:58 +0000

Oh my dear lords and gods. People are actually sending in their Nano novels to be published? The day after it ends? I am ashamed of my fellow Nano participants. And now I feel even worse for the poor agents who have to read that crap. When I first heard the word 'slush pile' I thought it was just a term that the particular agent whose blog I was following used. Now I truly understand it, especially after reading some of the entries submitted to Miss Snark's First Victim's Secret Agent contests. They're dreadful. They were physically painful for me to read, and I'm 'one of them.' The good news is, hearing things like this gives me a very clear-cut, very defined list of What Not To Do, and gives me a chance to make the Agents slushpiles as firm as a concrete pillar for me to stand atop and prevail over all the others who contributed to said slush piles.

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By: reader

reader — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:10:59 +0000

A while back the N.Y. Times reported that reading was taking a backseat to other forms of entertainment. There are fewer readers than ever bemoaned the Time’s journalist. Your post made me wonder if it is because everyone is so busy writing a book that they don’t have time to read anymore.

By: Emmanuel Paige

Emmanuel Paige — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:12:18 +0000

It’s simple, really. The answer is: Internet and word processors. Blogs are perfect examples of the word bloat publishing phenomena. Lots of keyboards on lots of computers loaded with word processors wired to the Internet equals lots of meaningless verbiage. Readers and writers can now choose their own ending to their fantasy. How nice. The boom in unpublishable manuscripts is directly proportionate to the boom in technology: first there was a pen and paper, then the typewriter, now the word processor. Software is now available that will compose a novel for you; just select a few options, press enter … and bam! … you’ve got a novel in the style of your favorite author and genre. Painless. I say stop publishing books and just read and write blogs. That’s the future. It’s the literary equivalent of American Idol.