In one of the classes I teach, we were talking about Literary Agents and how they work (or don't work as the case may be). I came up with a couple of assignments for the class.
We took the new edition of Guide to Literary Agents and divided it up. Anyone who is listed in there with guidelines for submitting via email (I didn't want it to cost my students anything). I had them write a fake query letter based on either a famous work of fiction (I won't tell you which one, but it's one that would SELL).
Over the next week or so, we're going to be sending this fake query to every agent in that book that purports to represent fiction. By the time the semester is over (about three months), we should have either requests for more or rejections, or, as I suspect from most, complete and utter rudeness because they DIDN't reply or even acknowledge receipt of the query.
We'll keep you posted on the lazy fuckers who shouldn't be allowed to represent dog shit, let alone manuscripts.
Stay tuned.
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