Sunday, April 6, 2008

The statistics: Reasons for novel's rejection

9%: Love no longer a universal theme
12%: Too many hyphens
22%: Mispelled the word "lotion" on page 367
20%: Cover had Oprah disapproval sticker
18%: Agent not in story as promised
19%: Could be fatally exciting

from The Onion
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3 comments:

  1. Collin KelleyMonday, April 07, 2008

    Ha!

    This actually sounds about right.

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  2. BookfraudMonday, April 07, 2008

    damn! i knew i should have cut down the hyphens. and cut out the love story.

    collin is right; it does sound true.

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  3. Joan McMillanMonday, April 07, 2008

    That is hilarious! I especially liked the "agent not in story as promised."

    I'm nearly afraid it could be true.

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