Miss Snarks dog Killer Yap
For anyone out there who ever dreamed of writing a book, Miss Applesassy suggests, there is no better place to learn than in the shark tank. Query Shark is a simple little blogspot blog run by New York literary agent Janet Reid.
But be warned, the shark tank is a dangerous place to play. On her blog, Reid invites wanna-be writers to “be her chum,” and send in query letters for critique. (When Miss Apps says critique she is being polite. She means watching these writers have their hard work publicly torn to pieces in a bloodthirsty feeding frenzy or brutal truth and sharp tongued wit. )
Reid began her sadistic quest of shooting writers with her “clue gun” on another blog called Miss Snark. At the time, she was blogging incognito. Everyone knew she was an agent, but the mystery of who she actually was kept us all guessing for quite some time. On the Miss Snark site Reid identified herself as an agent living in the 212, swilling bathtub gin with her manuscript chewing dog Killer Yap, and “venting her wrath on the hapless world of writers and crushing them to sand beneath her T.Rexual heels of stiletto snark.”
Both blogs soared in popularity almost instantaniously. With drawing power like that, Reid would be wise to take some advice from Miss Applesassy, move her blog to WordPress.org, and add a little advertising. That blog could be a gold mine.
