May 20th, 2008, marks the first anniversary of literary maven Miss Snark, the Literary Agent's final blog post. The woman- or was it a man?- made an impact on wannabe writers throughout the country, gathering a following of avid Snarklings who turned to her for writing advice, humor, and a reality check with every delicious post.
I made my goal of getting (anonomously) into the blog with the Killer Yap Sex Toy Contribution ("Killer Yap is not amused" http://misssnark.blogspot.com/2007_04_15_archive.html) and making Miss Snark almost shoot coffee out her nose. Sorry it couldn't have been for my literary genius, but I took what I could get. I was so saddened when it all came to an end a short time later. I miss her every day. But there is still plenty of writing gold to be mined there, so new writers, do check out the archives. You will be amazed. And amused.
Perhaps the Snarklings' dearest wish will someday come true and Miss Snark will come out of retirement, but then again, I have to respect her wishes if she doesn't want to write us a sequel. Two million plus visitors wore out the welcome mat. It would take George Clooney in red stiletto heels to lure her back out, and I don't think they make them in his size.
1 comments:
As soon as I discovered Miss Snark I went back and read the entire Snarkives. Granted, the blog was only about six months old at the time, but still: if you want three hours of college credit in Wannabe 101, read the damn thing from beginning to end. Aspiring writers who want to learn the nuts and bolts of querying and submitting can't get a better education anywhere else.
Nice tribute, Lin.
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