Monday, September 10, 2007

Funny writing definitions

A funny writing exercise for you to browse through and begin the week with a smile. Evil Editor had folks come up with amusing, publishing-related terms that don't really exist. Quite a few good ones that I think should be made official dictionary entries, like...

Insuffishink - The inevitable condition of a printer that's been told to print your entire novel, such that when you return to the room, all but four pages are too light, and must be reprinted

Xenoblarney - made-up alien words

and, Hooker - opening line of a query soliciting an agent

Also, for a few more days, you can enter this blog competition where you make up words and definitions to go along with them.

My entries:
  • Yahweeee- The sound God makes while going down a slide.
  • Celebrithitis- Becoming ill over how much attention and importance we give two-dimensional celebrities these days.
  • Celebrectomy- The solution to the previous term, which involves throwing your television out the window and hopefully braining a celebrity as they are passing along the sidewalk below.
  • Diet Joke- humor without a punchline

The prize? A $150 set of Writer's Market guides, including:

Writer’s Market Deluxe Edition 2008, which comes with a ONE-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION to WritersMarket.com
Guide to Literary Agents 2008
Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market 2008
Poet’s Market 2008
Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market 2008

Have at it.


I see that smile.

3 Comments:

At 9:33 AM, La Chanson de Phoenix said...

hahaha! I loved your contributions! Good Luck!

Oh... I must add the rest of your blog is captivating. I shall lurk a while and enjoy the readin's.

 
At 9:57 AM, Josh said...

Glad to have you lurking about. I encourage any and all sorts of lurking, except for the type that has people peeking in my bedroom window (which would be impressive, considering it's a third story apartment).

 
At 2:58 PM, La Chanson de Phoenix said...

Uhm... I won't do that. hehe My lurking is of the online variety only.

 

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