Comments on: Literary Olympics http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Angela McCallister http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-17564 Mon, 03 May 2010 01:09:15 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/#comment-17564 @Mary Witzl
Love the genre-changing idea!

@Rachel
Shouldn't the synopsis writing be reserved for the losers??? BTW, congrats on the WD Top Blog listing though we all knew you guys were tops already.

]]> By: Jan Markley http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-17563 Mon, 03 May 2010 00:06:48 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/#comment-17563 replacing a typewriter ribbon and then typing up a manuscript page on the typewriter!?

]]> By: Gilbert J. Avila http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-17561 Sun, 02 May 2010 08:52:20 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/#comment-17561 All winners will have to be tested for opium and absinthe before receiving their prizes.

]]> By: MBW aka Olleymae http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-17560 Sat, 01 May 2010 20:37:12 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/#comment-17560 "the losers have to sit through a reading of bad celebrity biographies as they’re being pelted with water balloons."

That's hilarious :)

]]> By: Mary Witzl http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-17557 Sat, 01 May 2010 09:55:13 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/#comment-17557 Turning a chapter of a standard bodice ripper into literary fiction. Composing a series of haiku on a given theme. Writing the best possible excuse for not handing in homework on time.

]]> By: WriterGirl http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-17556 Sat, 01 May 2010 00:01:07 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/#comment-17556 well i think the judges have to be blog agents! someone from dglm (of course),jessica from bookends, query shark (there's a contest in there too somewhere) and nathan bransford!

]]> By: Adventures in Children's Publishing http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-17555 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:30:30 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/#comment-17555 I love it. American Idol for writers. So who are the judges?

]]> By: Kelly http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-17552 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:36:11 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/#comment-17552 "So, why not go one step further and hold the Literary Olympics?"

Please tell me they won't be disqualifying for caffeine and nicotine!

]]> By: Dawn http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-17550 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:02:23 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/#comment-17550 Writer's Block Blaster – water gun shooting at targets depicting the best ways to bust through writer's block.

]]> By: Elizabeth Flora Ross http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-17549 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:41:38 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/04/literary-olympics/#comment-17549 Just saw that DGLM was named one of the Top 5 Agent Blogs for 2010 by Writer's Digest. Congrats!

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