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wickedflea) wrote2003-07-23 04:40 pm
wickedflea) wrote2003-07-23 04:40 pm
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I always get weird calls when I have to cover the reception desk. Dude just called up wanting to know how to go about submitting a manuscript: "Do you publish non-fiction, or just fiction?" Um, yeah?! We're a university press. Granted, some of our stuff is a little far out, but yeah, 98% of our stuff is non-fiction. When's the last time you picked up a novel published by an academic press? Yeah, that's what I thought.
"Yes . . . we publish non-fiction."
"OK--what if it's fiction? Like I have all this stuff, all these documents to put together, but I don't know if I'm smart enough to write it as non-fiction."
?!? So what the fuck DO you have, Charlie? And what are you SAYING--that you have all this material for a book, but you're too lazy to figure out what the facts are, so you're gonna call it non-fiction fiction? Dude. Even gonzo journalism isn't that nebulous.
"Yes . . . we publish non-fiction."
"OK--what if it's fiction? Like I have all this stuff, all these documents to put together, but I don't know if I'm smart enough to write it as non-fiction."
?!? So what the fuck DO you have, Charlie? And what are you SAYING--that you have all this material for a book, but you're too lazy to figure out what the facts are, so you're gonna call it non-fiction fiction? Dude. Even gonzo journalism isn't that nebulous.
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