Both of you will receive a promotional interview and nod on my blogs during August.

A few comments on other entries:

#2–Brenda, I actually found this better than many and with a decent hook. LOL.
#3–Jan, too good–this GUARANTEES an immediate book sale. LOL!!!!
#11–Barbara, I laughed my head off. If the Pope ever opens a publishing house, watch out!
#13–Deby, truly awful, but the book premise is so intriguing a publisher might actually forgive the rest!

Thanks to all who entered…winners will also be contacted separately, or Email me at writerlisalogan@verizon.net.

I have this great idea for a book. I don’t have the time to write it, but it’s such a fantastic idea I know it will make a zillion dollars. So I was thinking you could give me a three book contract and then I could take the advance money and hire a ghost writer to write the actual book.

Please get back to me right away since this idea is sure to make us both a ton of money.

Look forward to that contract. You won’t be sorry you took a chance on me.

Jane Doe

I normally wouldn’t write to you because I don’t feel my book is ready, but my little sister thinks the story is “best-seller” material. She’s only in third grade, but she’s been reading since she was 4 years old, and I’ve come to trust her judgment. Also, my mother always told me you had to start at the bottom and work your way up, so I thought I’d bring my manuscript to the publisher at the bottom. I’m confident that my “best-seller” is just what you need to make a name for yourself in the publishing industry. It is clear to me, and I’m sure you will see it that way also, that my story is your only hope of success!

Anyway, my story is about a girl who wants to make a name for herself. Monica Lewinsky, Lorena Bobbit, Andrea Yates, Louise Vermilyea, and others inspire her. So she meets the president of the United States and becomes his lover. When she gets pregnant, he leaves his wife and marries her. Everything is going fine until they run out of money because he can’t get a decent job. So she kills him and the baby. She didn’t want them anyway. Now she’s on the run from the law all the while trying to figure out what she can do next to become rich and famous, get a Park Avenue address, a Rolls, fancy clothes, and all the other status symbols a woman could ever want.

I’ve never written a book before. In fact, I failed Journalism in school, and could only get hired on at the local newspaper in the Housekeeping Department. I don’t ever give up, though; and I’m sure that when you publish my book, I’ll be able to buy that newspaper and thumb my nose at all those people who thought I couldn’t write. It’ll be great to say, “I told you so!”

I’m sorry for digressing. Let me get back to the book. I finished writing it in only 2 days, so it was only 20 pages long. I didn’t figure most people would buy it, so I made it longer by detailing facts and using lots of descriptive words. There seems to be some redundancy, but not so much. I even go into family history and talk about farming. In fact, I threw in a couple of mother’s favorite recipes—fried green tomatoes and apple pancakes—YUMMY! When I finished the second rewrite, the book is a whopping 362 pages.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this letter and the enclosed manuscript. I know you’ll want to rush this to print. Please call me so we can discuss my advance. Sooner would be better for me as I need some money to close on my house next week. My mother says other works you’ve published show lack of taste. Please don’t miss the opportunity to change your reputation.

Sincerely,
Eileen Dover

Yours Sincerely

Delicia del Lusuria

PS Please don’t ring after dark , a girl has to make ends meet and my more specialist clients really don’t like to be interrupted.
Big Kisses and missing you already * wink*

Jan