Today, I’m going to share another installment of our popular column, World’s Worst Book Proposals and Query Letters. Yes, we can learn from others’ mistakes! Featured below are real quotes from query letters (and two book proposals) submitted to us over the past few months.
DIDN’T STUDY THE MARKET…AND HIS SHIFT AND QUESTION MARK KEYS ARE BROKEN.
can u indicate which type of articles you take.
NO MATTER HOW GREAT THE QUERY IDEA MAY BE, IF THE CORRESPONDENCE CONTAINS THIS MANY ERRORS, AND ASKS QUESTIONS THAT WERE ALREADY ANSWERED IN THE GUIDELINES, THE EDITOR ISN’T GOING TO WORK WITH THE WRITER. PERIOD.
How much is the salary rate to write for you, like for each word?Will all my articles somehow be approved e.g., you will correct my article if there’s any mistake?
ANOTHER ONE WHO DIDN’T STUDY THE MARKET, OR READ THE GUIDELINES.
What topics can I write for you at present?
I HOPE HIS OR HER PARENTS AREN’T PAYING MUCH FOR TUITION!
i am a student so can i make job
I READ THIS THREE TIMES AND I STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT.
Just search product related to your blog and remaing will explain in article.
CAPITALIZATION-, SPELLING-, AND PUNCTUATION-CHALLENGED.
hello i want to submitt my article please let me know how can i submitt.
NEVER ORDER AN EDITOR TO REPLY “IMMEDIATELY”…ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR QUERY CONTAINS THESE TYPES OF ERRORS.
Please i want to write for you and get paid reply me immediately
I DON’T THINK HE READ OUR GUIDELINES, OR KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT OUR PUBLICATION AT ALL!
We can discuss about business opportunities. we can share work to increase our productivity and income.
IT’S RARE TO FIND THE PERIOD, QUESTION MARK, COMMA AND SHIFT KEYS ALL BROKEN ON ONE KEYBOARD!
do you not have article guset post work available anymore please let me know as I would love to do a guest post thanks
I’M NOT GOING TO HIRE A GHOSTWRITER IF THEY CAN’T USE CORRECT GRAMMAR.
Do you have interest in recruit a ghost writer?
“PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH?” I THINK NOT!
I want to submit some of my poems on you website or if you have any book publication. And i would like to know the procedure. I am a professor of English and served across the globe. I have been writing from many years but never published any book or a poety. Now im thinking of publishing some of them.
hope to hear from me.
FIRST, NEVER SEND ATTACHMENTS WITHOUT FIRST ASKING IF IT’S OKAY. SECOND, USE CORRECT PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION!
My article is in attachments, please accept i am really wait your respond
A 7-WORD QUERY (WITH ERRORS).
What type of articles should i submit
PLEASE! SOMEBODY MAKE IT STOP!!
Im keen in writing for writers weekly. Kindly letme know regarding any particular topic you are looking for
UM, WHAT???
I want to write my life story because I want to teach other woman or young girls what is life about and what’s the riyalaty of life n marage.
EVER WONDER HOW SOME AUTHORS GET BLACKLISTED?
This one wanted us to publish her book free-of-charge under our Abuzz Press imprint. Her book was previously published but she refused to provide sales numbers. Without sales numbers, or even a manuscript, we, of course, could not agree to publish her book. This was her response to our professional rejection letter:
Thanks for revealing your real persona. It goes from you need a manuscript to you need the stats on the book – you always need something else- lady – what you really need is a cage. Why don’t you get a real job?
See more entertaining installments of World’s Worst Book Proposals and Query Letters HERE.
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Angela Hoy is the publisher of WritersWeekly.com, the author of 19 books, and the co-owner of BookLocker.com (one of the original POD publishers that still gets books to market in less than a month), PubPreppers.com (print and ebook design for authors who truly want to self-publish), and Abuzz Press (the publishing co-op that charges no setup fees).
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