Courtesy of Master Aidan Doyle and all the time he spends on t’internets … From JacketFlap.com
http://www.jacketflap.com/megablog/index.asp?Year=2009&Month=03&Day=05&postid=314226
Funny and Useful – How Not to Land an Agent
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“My book is differentiated from Twilight because the vampires have wings, and are half-breed angels.”
*headdesk*
Brilliant stuff 🙂 I honestly don’t know how literary agents avoid going postal, dealing with this stuff every day.
the best three examples seem to be nesting together…
Tragically initiated into a secret panther-worshipping society…
It’s about unicorns. They’re the protagonists.
My name is Maya and I’m an elf.
Is it not magnificent? 🙂