I’m pretty sure it was wrong of me to laugh RIGHT. OUT. LOUD at poor Ennis and his sadly emo poetry, but Kristopher wrote one of the funniest pieces on writing scams ever at GuysLitWire, and I’m especially amused to be introduced to the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. Yes, it’s as goofy as the goofy sounding name. Members of the Scotland branch of SCBWI, as a joke, did something like that when they pitched the worst plot ideas they could think of to a vanity publisher — and of course were welcomed with open arms and told that they had won entrance into the press’s upcoming anthology. While funny, it’s also a bit sad, as some people feel this is the only way they’ll ever get published.
This is me, here to tell you: it’s not true!
This is true…!
I agree. That was hee-larious. I mean, sad, so sad, really. But sometimes, sad doesn’t warn people away like really wicked humor does.