Thursday, August 18, 2011

Yar! you suck!

One of the comments to my post today about the new rejection letter template said she'd rather it be in pirate-speak.



okedokey!

















Yar, me hardy,


I read your screed.
I’d like to make you bleed.


Your book is bilge water;
Go learn how to write a book like you otter.


I’ll make you walk the plank,
Or I’ll keelhaul you, you skank!


Never be sendin’ me pence when I want dubloons.
I’ll own you for one of them writer goons!


I’m slippin’ you this here black spot …
Go learn that after each sentence come a dot.




Ruthlessly lifted from the awesome and talented

9 comments:

  1. Yar, that got a chuckle outta me ol' gullet!

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  2. Freakin' fantastic! ;)

    Sarah Joy, an associate agent-in-training

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  3. At least then I'd be laughing while I cried ;)

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  4. And I appreciate every letter of it. I'm going to just read this instead of any actual rejection letters I get in the future.

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  5. Dear John ... of course you would:

    I’d do you in a minute
    Read the first sentence in it.

    I’ll bounce your face off a wall,
    Your font is way too small.

    Your query left we weary,
    Of reping you I’m leery.

    What are you some kinda fairy?

    Learn to write like Steinbeck or King
    And lose the nose ring.

    No glitter in the query
    No spam from a guy named Larry

    Your book sux lemons in the street
    But I bet your momma was sweet.

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  6. Aarr! Ya scabrous dog! Yer novel misfires like a flintlock with damp powder. If ye attempt to board again, we're standin' by to repel ye and it's to Davy Jones' locker we'll be sent, damn yer deadlights!

    A perfect query response for sending out on Sept. 19, Talk Like a Pirate Day!

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