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[blackraptor_m7]

Okay, right now I am trying to read a book that has me wondering how the hell some people get published. It's not a vanity press thing, either. It's written by someone who actually found an agent and sold his book to a publisher. Here is an example of how he writes:

"There was a cataclysm of light, so brilliant in its whiteness that it was as if

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[winks7985]

wow. that's BAD.

makes me feel a little braver to try to send my own stuff to a publisher.

[strangevisitor7]

I have often thought that and it's one of the reasons I read more fanfic than "real" books. Most of my flist blows that kind of crap away.

[winks7985]

awwww... wat a nice thing to say!

you blow that stuff away as well :D

[strangevisitor7]

*hugs* Thanks! You are absolutely one of those people on my flist!!

[winks7985]

awwww.... thanks!

that made my day! (and i needed it!)

*HUGS*

[ithildyn]

I'm left wondering that at times as well.

[bookaddict43]

A garden slug?? *goggles*

I often wonder the same thing - particularly when I'm cataloguing Harlequin romances :D

[tpena19]

I'm laughing at him anyways.

Who finds these writers? There are tons of way talented fanfic writers who could do so better (even with original stuff, lol).