Published: Aug. 10, 2011
Words: 14477 (approximate)
Language: English

Ebook short description

Bad Career Advice and Questionable Misinformation from the World's Worst Literary Agent, Sydney T. Cat! Collected for the first time in this hilarious little book, Sydney T. Cat shares (though bad example) dozens of gaffes, schemes, missteps, cons, and foul-ups real-life "agents" have used to part writers from their money, screw up their careers, and crush their dreams! A must-read for writers!

Extended description

Anyone can print up cards and call themselves a literary agent -- even a cat! And if it isn't prohibited, then it is required!

Collected for the first time in this hilarious (and illustrated) little book, "World's Worst" agent and shameless blogger Sydney T. Cat shares (though bad example) dozens of gaffes, schemes, missteps, cons, and foul-ups real-life "agents" have used to part writers from their money, foul up their careers, and crush their dreams!

If you have an agent, want an agent, or aren't quite sure what an agent does, then this eye-opening volume is just for you!... (Read more) Anyone can print up cards and call themselves a literary agent -- even a cat! And if it isn't prohibited, then it is required!

Collected for the first time in this hilarious (and illustrated) little book, "World's Worst" agent and shameless blogger Sydney T. Cat shares (though bad example) dozens of gaffes, schemes, missteps, cons, and foul-ups real-life "agents" have used to part writers from their money, foul up their careers, and crush their dreams!

If you have an agent, want an agent, or aren't quite sure what an agent does, then this eye-opening volume is just for you!

“Bad Agent Sydney is well named. She hates me because I never listen to her, and I do the opposite of everything she says. And gosh, I have a writing career. Take that, Sydney.” - Kristine Kathryn Rusch, USA Today Bestselling Author

“Me and Sydney go way back, back to when she first got a taste of tuna and turned to the dark side of being an agent. Luckily, I never followed her advice, but she still got tuna out of me.”
- USA Today Bestselling Writer Dean Wesley Smith
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Tags

writers, writing, fiction, publishing, literary agents, agents, authors, cats, career, success, fraud, how to, agent, con artists, scams, writers help, writers reference, writers guides, writers tools

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Reviews

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Review by: JJ Press on Oct. 20, 2011 :
Hilarious take on literary agents today, told through the eyes of a cat who became one of them. If you have an agent, were thinking about getting an agent, or just want to laugh out loud, this is the book for you.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: JJ Press on Oct. 20, 2011 : (no rating)
Hilarious take on literary agents today, told through the eyes of a cat who became one of them. If you have an agent, were thinking about getting an agent, or just want to laugh out loud, this is the book for you.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Gerald M. Weinberg on Aug. 10, 2011 : (no rating)
I love it, but my literary agent German Shepherds don't like Sydney giving away the secrets of our game. Of course, they don't care for cats anyway, except for desert, though they love their litter boxes.

If the best way to deliver painful messages is in humor, Sydney's done the best job of revealing the pain a bad agent can inflict on a cowardly writer.

Thanks, Sydney. You may not earn the rest of your fees, but $4.99 is a bargain.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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