Who is ms snark

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Who's on First? No, That's on Second? And yeah, if you think you've figured out her identity, go to the website and you'll know--it's that same great cocksure voice. Mya Bell. I've read Miss Snark's blog with interest and I've found it to be a good source of information. It's only one opinion, of courseevery editor, agent, and publishing exec in this business has different preferences as far as books are concernedbut I thought the blog was instructive and entertaining at the same time.

I don't know who Miss Snark is and I haven't tried to determine his or her identity, but I know there's a fine line between sharing industry information honestly and trying to maintain some kind of privacy.

When you share, you want to be honest. But if you share too much, your colleagues start to feel like you're letting out "trade secrets" or they worry that you might say something about them that they don't want to reveal. It's really quite tricky to find the balance. I found your answer interesting, L G, but it also feels to me like your motives were different from Richard's.

The cool thing though, is that it's possible to ask a question like this on a writing forum and get some intelligent answers. Nicole Bailey. I know who Miss Snark is. It's not terribly difficult to figure out if you read her blog regularly and have access to publishersmarketplace.

She drops clues all the time, which easily led me to her page on PM, and her site, where her very distinct voice is everywhere. But, if anyone wants to know that badly, do a little work to figure it out.

But, please don't post it here. That's pathetic. What is the point? Her blog is anonymous. Which allows her to say how she really feels. Which is the point. I too think I know who she is. It's not impossible to figure out if you've read her posts: one-woman shop, in NYC, name that could be confused for a man's, query by snail mail only with first 10 pages. But I agree that we'd lose the fun of her blog if she were exposed and admitted it, which she probably wouldn't.

So why try? A Writer. I know for a fact that her identity has been uncovered by certain folks online, though I am not one of them. Many, including myself, at first thought that she was Joanna Pulcini, whom she is not. Funny, isn't it, how we want so badly to find out who these anonymous folks are? Mya Bell. I haven't tried to figure out who she is. I like to read information for its own merits, cross-reference it with other information and make my own decision about whether it's good information or not.

But if I did figure it out, I wouldn't broadcast it. So there's a trade-off in terms of how much one can share. It's funny. I'm curious about everything except trying to unmask people. Find a Nonfiction Agent. Write My Query. Sell My Work. Business of Writing. Breaking In. Be Inspired. Writing Prompts. The Writer's Life. Writing Quotes. Vintage WD. From the Magazine.

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