<p>I know we're supposed to be in a business where niceness and a collegiate spirit go hand in hand. Sometimes it's like that. Not always. If you're still labouring under this illusion please take a look at this brief post by the agent Colleen Lindsay.</p>
<p>It's the simplest of email exchanges: a wannabe author emailing a literary agent to see if she might consider representing him. I wish I could say it was atypical but it isn't. It's just that few agents are brave enough to show these vitriolic attempts to get someone to work for you to the world at large.</p>
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  [From <a href="http://theswivet.blogspot.com/2010/04/what-not-to-do-when-you-get-rejection.html"><cite>The Swivet [Colleen Lindsay]: What NOT to do when you get a rejection: Example #873</cite></a>]
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