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July 3, 2009

Here's the last six minute clip from Chapter Nineteen ("La Honda," aka, The Acid Chapter) of The Audio Book of GINNY GOOD—easily and by far the best, most important work of literary art made anywhere in the world so far this century.

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch19last.mp3

Nobody's gonna listen to it, of course. People only listen to the trivial drivel their owners pay propaganda goons to get them to listen to, but so what? I made it. That was what I wanted to do. You can learn more about how the media and entertainment cabal rots your brain, robs you blind and keeps you a stupid slave from cradle to grave by reading Chapters 39-42 of Oprah's Dead Son.

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/awsyn10.html

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/awsyn11.html

Nobody's gonna do that, either. Oh, well. Ignorance is bliss. We don't want to know what deaf, dumb, blind, mindless maggots we are. What fun would that be? Sing the song, boys and girls:

Not much money, oh but honey, ain't we got fun?
The rent's unpaid dear, we haven't a bun
But smiles were made dear, for people like us.
In the winter, in the summer, don't we have fun?
Times are bum and getting bummer, still we have fun.
There's nothing surer, the rich get rich and the poor get poorer,
In the meantime, in the between time, ain't we got fun?

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch00introm.mp3

Here's Ginny Good (ISBN: 0972635750) in its entirety. You can buy it new for $16.95 (plus shipping) or you can read it online for free—yet another thing nobody's gonna do due to being brainwashed out of his or her superfluous mind by the all-pervasive, mega-Nazi media and entertainment monopoly.

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/ggsyn1.html

Here's the index to The Audio Book of GINNY GOOD. It's free, too—everything I do is free. Listen to a chapter or two and, if you want a copy of the whole thing on .mp3 CDs (including shipping), give me an address and I'll send you a copy.

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/ggsyn.html

Finally, if you want to see what all else is on my little website, click this:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/other.html

Gerard Jones
everyone@everyonewhosanyone.com
http://www.everyonewhosanyone.com

"...they'll have me whipped for speaking true, thou'lt
have me whipped for lying; and sometimes I am
whipped for holding my peace. I had rather be any
kind o' thing than a fool: and yet I would not be
thee, nuncle..."





Folio Literary Management
505 8th Ave., Ste. 603
New York, NY 10018

http://www.foliolit.com


Jeff Kleinman (@)
(see more) Interview
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Scott Hoffman @ (see more)
Send e-mail

Paige Wheeler
Send e-mail

Celeste Fine
Send e-mail

Erin C. Niumata
Send e-mail

Laney Becker
Send e-mail

Rachel Vater
Send e-mail



Writers' Representatives
116 W. 14th St., 11th Flr.
New York, NY 10011
(212) 620-9009

http://www.writersreps.com


transom@writersreps.com

Lynn Chu
lynn@writersreps.com

Glen Hartley
glen@writersreps.com

Christine Hsu
christine@writersreps.com



Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
216 East 75th Street, Suite 1E
New York, NY 10021

http://www.jvnla.com

Jean Naggar
jnaggar@jvnla.com


Jean Naggar does not accept e-mail queries. We would prefer that potential clients send queries via the US postal service. We do respond to every query that comes in the mail with a SASE, but we don't reply to all e-mail queries.

Alice Tasman (@)
atasman@jvnla.com

Jennifer Weltz
jweltz@jvnla.com

Jessica Regel
jregel@jvnla.com

Wes Miller
wmiller@jvnla.com



McIntosh & Otis
353 Lexington Ave., Ste. 1500
New York, NY 10016
(212) 687-7400


http://www.mcintoshandotis.net

info@mcintoshandotis.com

Eugene H. Winick, President
ewinick@mcintoshandotis.com

Elizabeth Winick
ewinick@mcintoshandotis.com

Ina Winick, Agent, Adult Fiction and Non-fiction
iwinick@mcintoshandotis.com

Rebecca Strauss
rebeccastrauss@mcintoshandotis.com


Edward Necarsulmer IV, Director, Children's Department
edwardnecarsulmer@mcintoshandotis.com

Shira Hoffman
shirahoffman@mcintoshandotis.com

Ian Polonsky
ianpolonsky@mcintoshandotis.com



Foundry Literary and Media
33 West 17th Street, PH
New York, New York 10011
(212) 929-5064

http://www.foundrymedia.com

Peter H. McGuigan
pmcguigan@foundrymedia.com

Yfat Reiss Gendell
yrgendell@foundrymedia.com

Stéphanie Abou
sabou@foundrymedia.com

Chris Park
cpark@foundrymedia.com

Stephen Barbara
sbarbara@foundrymedia.com


Hey Gerard, Ah – I?m still only a "page two" agent, eh? I can dream of making page one someday, though. :-) The information is all correct, thanks. I read of all your good work for Obama via facebook. Well done! -- SB

Hey, Stephen, the Obama facebook guy is a different Gerard Jones, sorry. He's way younger, smarter and more evolved than me. Here's what I think of politics. Thanks. G.

Politics is sport. It's an opiate, a soap opera, a rock concert, a cartoon, a video game, reality TV, just another crude, crass, manipulative, lowest-common-denominator melodrama full of contrived conflict and spurious gossip to keep ordinary consumers clueless, to keep their poor minds cluttered with gratuitous fluff while they work themselves to death, to keep them buying crap they don't need or want and can't afford, to keep them going deeper and deeper into debt, to make sure they're always gonna owe their souls to the company store. It's NASCAR and the Kentucky Derby and the World Series and the Final Four and the Oscars and the Olympics and Miss America and a good old-fashioned back-alley dog fight all rolled into one. The churlish goblins of greed who are in charge of propaganda get together with the mindless, heartless, moneygrubbing ghouls who own Nazi conglomerates, come up with caricatures created by minimum-wage focus groups, call them political candidates, put them in front of audiences all over God's green earth and let them take potshots at one another for a long, long time while snake-oil salesmen in media and entertainment do ringside commentary between ads for Doritos. Who wins or loses doesn't mean diddly—there hasn't been a dime's worth of difference between any two candidates running for political office anywhere in the world in the last sixty years.

Lisa Grubka
lgrubka@foundrymedia.com

Mollie Glick
mglick@foundrymedia.com

Hannah Brown Gordon
hgordon@foundrymedia.com



The Gernert Company
136 East 57th Street
New York, NY 10022

http://www.thegernertco.com

info@thegernertco.com

David Gernert
Send e-mail

Sarah Burnes (666)
Send e-mail

Chris Parris-Lamb
Send e-mail


G, It might be worth mentioning that if authors are querying me or otherwise trying to get in touch and we've never corresponded before, a ton of those types of emails wind up not making it through our spam filter. If they send through info@thegernertco.com, the address we've set up for queries to the agency, they can be 100% sure we'll receive them (this goes for all the Gernert agents).

If you want to leave my email up on the site, there's nothing I can do about it, but just a heads up that if people use it, there's a good chance their email won't get through. The fact is, having our personal emails out on the web, on your site and others, hugely increases the amount of spam we get (from bots that prowl the web looking for email addresses to add to their spam lists, not from legitimate authors, I mean), which means we have to beef up our spam filters, which means in turn that it's more likely that legitimate emails from people our system doesn't recognize won't get through. And for the record, queries that go through the proper channels get far closer consideration than the ones that don't, so authors using your site may want to know that it would behoove them to follow protocol. Anyway, just throwing that out there. Yrs, Chris

Hey, Chris, I've converted all the individual "personal" e-mail addresses into clickable Send e-mail links...that generally thwarts bots...but I like having real people on my site and never was any good at following protocol. Anyone who follows protocol couldn't possibly write anything worth reading or writing or buying or selling or representing. Thanks. G.

Stephanie Cabot
Send e-mail

Courtney Gatewood

Send e-mail

Will Roberts

Send e-mail

Erika Storella

Send e-mail



The Emma Sweeney Agency
245 East 80th Street
New York, NY 10021

http://www.emmasweeneyagency.com

info@emmasweeneyagency.com

Emma Sweeney (see more)
emma@emmasweeneyagency.com

Eva Talmadge, Rights Manager
eva@emmasweeneyagency.com

Justine Wenger
justine@emmasweeneyagency.com



Dystel & Goderich Literary
One Union Square West, Suite 904
New York, NY 10003

http://www.dystel.com

Jane Dystel (see more)
jane@dystel.com

Miriam Goderich
miriam@dystel.com

Stacy Glick
sglick@dystel.com

Michael Bourret
mbourret@dystel.com

James McCarthy
jmccarthy@dystel.com

Jessica Papin
jpapin@dystel.com

Lauren Abramo
labramo@dystel.com

Chasya Milgrom
cmilgrom@dystel.com



The Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency
708 Third Ave., 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
(212) 818-0344

http://www.aaronpriest.com

info@aaronpriest.com

Aaron Priest
apriest@aaronpriest.com

Lucy Childs Baker
lchilds@aaronpriest.com

Lisa Erbach Vance
levance@aaronpriest.com

John Richmond
jrichmond@aaronpriest.com

Nicole Kenealy
nkenealy@aaronpriest.com



The Friedrich Agency
136 East 57th St., 19th Flr.
New York, NY 10022
(212) 317-8810

http://www.friedrichagency.com

Molly Friedrich
mfriedrich@friedrichagency.com

Paul Cirone
pcirone@friedrichagency.com

General Inquiries
lcarson@friedrichagency.com



John Hawkins & Associates, Inc.
71 West 23rd Street, Ste. 1600
New York, NY 10010

http://www.jhalit.com

jha@jhalit.com

John Hawkins
jhawkins@jhalit.com

J. Warren Frazier
frazier@jhalit.com


Gerard: I liked that chapter, but haven't I seen this before....? Warren Frazier, John Hawkins & Associates

Hey, Warren, yeah, you have, you saw part of an early version, but you haven't seen what it turned into in the last two years. It's something entirely different, although, as I recall, you liked what you saw in the first place. G.

Two years? Good lord, time flies. Well, send it along then. Look forward to reading. WF

Will do. Thanks. G.

Hey, Warren, It's been four months since I sent you the above-referenced book. I presume you've decided not to represent it, but how about returning it to me so I can send it to someone else. Thanks. G.

Hey, Warren, doesn't it bother your conscience at all to simply ignore civil questions? At your request I sent you a book. Did you get it? Do you want to represent it? Will you please return it if you don't? Thanks. G.

Hey, Warren, it just dawned on me what a total fucking cunt you are. Has it dawned on you lately what a total fucking cunt you are? It really should, you know. It will. You'll see. It'll send a little chill up your spine when you get a glimpse of your total fucking cunt self in the mirror, you total fucking cunt. Oh, and after you're done looking at your total fucking cunt self in the mirror, how about sending me my book back? Thanks. G.

Anne Hawkins
ahawkins@jhalit.com

Moses Cardona
moses@jhalit.com

William Reiss
reiss@jhalit.com



Georges Borchardt, Inc.
136 East 57th Street
New York, NY 10022
(212) 753-5785

office@gbagency.com

Georges Borchardt
georges@gbagency.com

Anne Borchardt
anne@gbagency.com

Valerie Borchardt
valerie@gbagency.com

Celine Little
celine@gbagency.com



Max & Co.
A Literary Agency & Social Club
115 Hosea Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45220
(201) 704-2483

http://www.maxliterary.org

info@maxlit.com

Michael Murphy @
mmurphy@maxlit.com

Sarah Grace McCandless
sarahgrace@maxlit.com

Suzanne Amusant
suzanne@maxlit.com



The Strothman Agency
6 Beacon Street, Ste. 810
Boston MA 02108
(617) 742-2011

http://www.strothmanagency.com

http://strothmanagency.blogspot.com

Wendy Strothman (see more)
wendy@strothmanagency.com

Dan O'Connell
dan@strothmanagency.com

Lauren MacLeod, Agent Assistant
info@strothmanagency.com


Hi Gerard, I just wanted to see if it was possible to update The Strothman Agency entry on your site so that people can check out our submission guidelines? Also, we don't accept e-mail queries, but we are more than happy to look at anything that comes through the mail with a SASE. Additionally, if they have questions it is better to e-mail the agent assistant where they are much more likely to receive a response then if they were to e-mail the actual agents. Thanks so much, Lauren MacLeod, Agent Assistant

Vanessa Willoughby, Intern
intern@strothmanagency.com


3/5/09 Hi Gerard, My name is Vanessa Willoughby and I'm currently an intern at the Strothman Agency. I just wanted to inform you that we are now accepting submissions via e-mail. Thanks!

strothmanagency@gmail.com



The Joy Harris Literary Agency
156 Fifth Ave., Suite 617
New York, NY 10010
(
212) 929-6269

Joy Harris
JoyHarris@jhlitagent.com

Adam Reed
adamreed@jhlitagent.com



Veritas Media
111 Euclid Avenue
Hastings-On-Hudson, NY 10706
(917) 365-4435

Sam Pinkus
veritasmedia@mac.com



Fletcher & Company
78 Fifth Ave., 3rd Flr.
New York, NY 10011

http://www.fletcherandco.com

info@fletcherandco.com

Christy Fletcher
christy@fletcherandco.com

Melissa Chinchillo
melissa@fletcherandco.com

Swanna MacNair
swanna@fletcherandco.com

Grainne Fox
grainne@fletcherandco.com

Donald Lamm
don@fletcherandco.com

Sara Wolski
sara@fletcherandco.com



David Black Literary Agency
156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 608
New York NY 10010

David Black
dblack@dblackagency.com

Leigh Ann Eliseo
laeliseo@dblackagency.com

Linda Loewenthal
lloewenthal@dblackagency.com

Gary Morris
gmorris@dblackagency.com

Susan Raihofer
sraihofer@dblackagency.com

Joy E. Tutela
jtutela@dblackagency.com

David Larabell
dlarabell@dblackagency.com



David Vigliano Literary Agency
584 Broadway, Suite 809
New York, NY 10012

http://www.viglianoassociates.com

David Vigliano
vig@viglianoassociates.com

Michael Harriot
mh@viglianoassociates.com

Kim Kirby
kk@viglianoassociates.com

Kristen Neuhaus
kn@viglianoassociates.com

Celeste Bernadette Fine, Rights
cf@viglianoassociates.com



Lukeman Literary Management
101 North 7th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

http://www.lukeman.com

Noah Lukeman (see more)
noah@lukeman.com



Aragi, Inc.
143 West 27th St., Ste. 4-F
New York NY, 10001
(212) 675-8353

http://www.aragi.net

Nicole Aragi (see more)
queries@aragi.net


Dear Gerard Jones, I prefer not to be listed in directories. I'd be grateful if you would remove my entry. With thanks, Nicole Aragi

Dear Nicole Aragi: Please refer to the following page for my inclusion/exclusion policy:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/about.html

It's toward the bottom. Oh, and there's more about the whole philosophical concept here:

http://www.mobylives.com/Jones_EWA.html



Regal Literary
1140 Broadway, Penthouse
New York, NY 10001
(212) 684-7900

Regal Literary Ltd.
Studio One, 7 Chalcot Road
Primrose Hill
London NW1 8LH

http://www.regal-literary.com

info@regal-literary.com

Joe Regal
joe@regal-literary.com


Dear Mr. Jones: We?d prefer you don?t list our personal email addresses; it doesn?t serve your readers, as we?re each so overwhelmed with correspondence of every kind that none of us answers any submissions to our personal addresses anyway. Our submission guidelines are here:

http://www.regal-literary.com/Submission.html

If people need to email us, the mailbox we check every couple of days is:

info@regal-literary.com

Many thanks, Joe Regal

Hey, Joe, I like including "personal" e-mail addresses 'cause everyone at any given lit agency has his or her own peculiararities but I've also included your suggestions. Thanks. G.

Lauren Schott Pearson
lauren@regal-literary.com

Bess Reed Currence
bess@regal-literary.com

Markus Hoffmann
markus@regal-literary.com

Michael Strong
michael@regal-literary.com

Michael Psaltis
michael@mpsaltis.com



The Steinberg Agency
47 East 19th St., 3rd Flr.
New York, NY 10003

http://www.steinbergagency.com

submission@steinbergagency.com

Peter Steinberg
peter@steinbergagency.com



Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency
381 Park Avenue South, Suite 914
New York, NY 10016
(212) 725-5288

http://www.skagency.com

query@skagency.com

Stuart Krichevsky (see more)
sk@skagency.com

Shana Cohen
sc@skagency.com

Elizabeth Coen
ec@skagency.com

Kathryne Wick
kw@kagency.com



Pinder Lane & Garon-Brooke Associates
159 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019

Robert Thixton
pinderl@interport.net

Dick Duane
pinderl@interport.net



Elyse Cheney Literary Associates
270 Lafayette St., Ste. 1504
New York, NY 10012
(212) 277-8007

http://www.cheneyliterary.com

Elyse Cheney
elyse@cheneyliterary.com


is that the title?

Yep. It's like Smucker's. With a title like that it has to be good. Really good. You'd like it. A lot. Wanna see some? G.

i have to admit, i'm not in love with the title. sorry to disappoint.

You'd fall so in love with the story, you'd come up with a title you loved to go with it. Trust me. (Ha!) G.

alright, you can sen the first fifty pages. thanks, elyse

Yippee! G.

Dear Mr. Jones, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read the beginning of your novel, Oprah Wimsfree & the Mayonnaise Mans. Unfortunately, I will not be making an offer of representation. Though I enjoyed your writing, I just don't think that this book is for me. I am sorry to disappoint but, as you know, tastes vary wildly from agent to agent and you may have better luck elsewhere. In any case, I wish you the very best. Best regards, (Elyse) Elyse Cheney

Nicole Steen
nicole@cheneyliterary.com



The Park Literary Group
270 Lafayette St., Ste. 1504
New York, NY 10012
(212) 691-3500

http://www.parkliterary.com

Theresa Park
tpark@parkliterary.com

Abigail Koons
akoons@parkliterary.com

Amanda Cardinale
acardinale@parkliterary.com



Barer Literary
270 Lafayette St., Ste. 1504
New York, NY 10012
(212) 691-3513

http://www.barerliterary.com

Julie Barer
jbarer@barerliterary.com



Ralph M. Vicinanza Ltd.
303 W. 18th Street
New York, NY 10011

Chris Lotts
chrislotts@aol.com
chris.lotts@vicinanzaltd.com

Christopher Schelling
crsripley@aol.com
christopher.schelling@vicinanzaltd.com

Adam Lefton
adam.lefton@vicinanzaltd.com



Donald Maass Literary Agency
121 West 27th Street, Ste. 801
New York, NY 10001
(212) 727-8383


http://www.maassagency.com

info@maassagency.com

Donald Maass (see more)
dmaass@maassagency.com


Gerard-It would be best if folks would send e-queries to info@maassagency.com. Thanks. -Don Maass

I passed your suggestion along. Thanks. G.

Jennifer Jackson
jjackson@maassagency.com

Cameron Mcclure
cmcclure@maassagency.com

J.L. Stermer
jlstermer@maassagency.com



Henry Morrison Agency
105 South Bedford Road, Suite 306A
Kisco, NY 10549

Henry Morrison
Hmorrison1@aol.com



Lippincott, Massie, McQuilkin & Co.
80 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1101
New York, New York 10011

http://www.lmqlit.com

info@lmqlit.com

Rob McQuilkin (@)
rob@lmqlit.com


Dear Mr. Jones, I founded this new agency with Will Lippincott, who comes to the book side from the magazine world (he was at the New Yorker, then publisher of the new Republic, and, most recently has been publisher at Strategy & Business). Thanks for this. All best, Rob McQ

Will Lippincott
will@lmqlit.com

Maria Massie
maria@lmqlit.com

Jason Anthony
jason@lmqlit.com

Rachel Vogel
rachel@lmqlit.com



Manus & Associates Literary Agency
425 Sherman Avenue, Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94306

http://www.manuslit.com

Jillian Manus
jillian@manuslit.com

Jandy Nelson
jandy@manuslit.com

Stephanie Lee (@)
slee@manuslit.com

Theresa van Eeghan
theresa@manuslit.com

Donna Levin
donnalevin@aol.com

Penny Nelson
penny@manuslit.com

Shannon Callen
shannon@manuslit.com

Dena Fischer
dena@manuslit.com



Scovil, Galen, Ghosh Literary
276 Fifth Ave., Ste. 708
New York NY 10001
(212) 679-8686

http://www.sgglit.com

Russell Galen
russellgalen@sgglit.com

Jack Scovil
jackscovil@sgglit.com

Anna Ghosh
annaghosh@sgglit.com

Ann Behar
annbehar@sgglit.com

Danny Baror
dannybaror@scglit.com



Gelfman Schneider
250 West 57th Street, Suite 2122
New York, NY 10107
(212) 245-1993

Jane Gelfman
jane@gelfmanschneider.com

Deborah Schneider
deborah@gelfmanschneider.com



Levine Greenberg Literary Agency
307 Seventh Ave., Suite 2407
New York, NY 10001
(212) 337-0934

http://www.levinegreenberg.com

James Levine
jlevine@levinegreenberg.com

Daniel Greenberg
dgreenberg@levinegreenberg.com

Stephanie Kip Rostan
srostan@levinegreenberg.com

Elizabeth Fisher
efisher@levinegreenberg.com

Lindsay Edgecombe
ledgecombe@levinegreenberg.com

Danielle Svetcov
dsvetcov@levinegreenberg.com

Victoria Skurnick
vskurnick@levinegreenberg.com

Monika Verma
mverma@levinegreenberg.com

Kerry Evans
kevans@levinegreenberg.com



Elaine Markson Agency
44 Greenwich Ave.
New York, NY 10011

Elaine Markson
litworks@aol.com

Geri Thoma
litworks@aol.com



Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents
1501 Broadway, Ste. 2310
New York, NY 10036
(212) 840-5773

books@bromasite.com

Carl Brandt

Gail Hochman
ghochman@bromasite.com


***Redacted***

Dear Gail: I'd cut off my left foot to get you or Bill Contardi, either one, for an agent, but I think you were already scared off by the thriller. Bill was looking at it for a long time, liked it, gave me some useful suggestions and sounded all gung-ho to proceed, but after he checked with the agency with whom he was working--which turned out to be your agency--he put the brakes on the project because it included Oprah Winfrey as part of a fantasy which was induced by a giant aneurysm in the main character's brain. I'm still in the process of figuring out whether I want to fictionalize the Oprah character or not. In the meantime both you and he are welcome to take a look at an earlier version of the memoiresque thing I mentioned. Oops, never mind, it got sold. Thanks again. G. cc: William Contardi

Note: According to Joanne Brownstein, Assistant to Gail Hochman, Gail Hochman is no longer accepting e-mail queries.

William Contardi (666)
wcontardi@yahoo.com
bill@billcontardi.com


***Redacted***

Dear Bill: No, I'm not the comic book Gerard Jones. I was Gerard Jones before he was, by the way. I had a book set in the sixties which I think you took a look when you were at Wm. Morris. I've included a synopsis. I've been told by some fairly heavy-duty agents, including Suzanne Gluck, that editors aren't going to touch this thing with a ten foot pole 'cause it includes Oprah as a character in a long fantasy the protagonist has while she's unconscious. They may be right, but a couple way heavy duty editors have already asked to see the whole manuscript. The writing is solid. It's a fun story. Think Being John Malcovich. As for biography, I studied with Gordon Lish before anyone ever heard of him. I got him started in the writing seminar business, as a matter of fact. Anything else you want to know I'd be happy to tell you. Thanks. Gerard Jones

***Redacted***

Dear Bill: Thanks for the thoughtful comments. I agree with them for the most part, have already substantially fiddled with the last 15 chapters or so and fully intend to go back and fiddle some more with precisely the bits you pointed out as being on the weak side. I'm still not entirely sure how the sucker's gonna end yet so it's silly at this point to go over the whole thing with the kind of fine tooth comb you're talking about, but when I DO know how it ends, I'm sure the beginning will comport more fullly and more cogently to the end. I might also change the title to ASTRAL WEEKEND. I'll send you a new version when I get it done. Feel free to say anything else that crosses your mind. Thanks again. G.

***Redacted***

Dear Bill: The way I understand the law it has to be a fantasy/parody, but it also has to be extraordinarily good--like I bit off a lot and am gonna have to do a modest amount of chewing. I think, however, that a bunch of people are gonna want to read the thing and I also think that when Oprah's people take a look at it, she'll want to produce the movie so she can star in the thing. She'll be pissed for awhile that I resurrected her dead kid and reunited the two of them, but it's a fantasy, after all, a parody, a dream, and Larry Flynt, Jerry Falwell and Jerry Falwell's mother all got together in an outhouse and gave us the Supreme Court decision that we have a right to fantasize and parody and dream about any public figure we want. The other reason it has to be a fantasy (it's actually a function of a giant aneurysm in old Giselle's woebegone brain) is that it all takes place in February of 2002 and people are gonna be aware it didn't really happen. The way she wakes up is really slick. You'll see. Oh, and one last thing, Leslie Gelbman told some editor named Allison McCabe to read the thing. I sent it to her a couple months ago, but haven't heard back. Okay, that's it. Thanks again. G.

***Redacted***

Bill: Whoa. That was a quick about-face. What happened to good old "And I'm not afraid of Oprah. So bring on the rest of the manuscript. Bill?" The guy who only this morning said, "I would think the sometimes big dame is fair game." Yikes. What'd whoever you checked with tell you? No, no, don't tell me. Look, this thing is a realistic portrayal of a realistic chick who, when she has a giant intracranial aneurysm pressing upon the temporal lobe of her brain, has realistic fantasies. They're gonna include who and what they include. It's not illegal to have a fantasy of or to parody a public figure. The Simpsons do it all the time. Get Oprah's permission. Let her play herself in the movie like John Malcovich played himself in Being John Malcovich. Don't be quite so frightened quite so easily or quite so quickly. I know what I'm doing, and it's good. There's plenty of ways of skinning proverbial cats. Perhaps if you see how the whole thing plays itself out you'll see what I'm talking about. An average woman conked out and the detritis of her conscious mind including facts readily available to her from having read "The Wit and Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey" and from Oprah's show became manifest as a realistic "dream." Big whoop. How am I supposed to "de-Oprah the story and/or transform her into someone fictional or historical?" You tell me. In a hundred years the only thing anyone will know about Oprah Winfrey will be that I wrote a book about her. Thanks again. G.

***Redacted***

Bill: You're a reasonable, straightforward guy. So am I. We'd probably work well together. I appreciate that you're trying to build a list of writers and it's common sense to steer clear of "difficult" projects. I could easily write the thing without Oprah. She sort of fell into the role due to her proximity to Rockford, Illinois more than anything else. She was a good fit, however. I don't really need her. It was a reasonable, accurately researched, well founded fantasy. Personally, I thought I was doing her a favor, but if she's gonna get all bent outa shape by being associated with a decent book for once in her life, fuck her. Maybe I'll use Whoopie Goldberg instead. Whitney Houston. Connie Chung. Geraldo. Hilary Clinton. Martha Stewart. Toni Morrison. Maya Angelou. Or some totally fictional character. Oprah ain't all that integral, although I aslo think that whatever shit she stirred up would only serve to sell more books. Land of the free, home of the brave, oh, yeah. I liked your editorial suggestions and know I'd be a good guy to have on this list you're building. The stuff I write ain't ephemeral schlock, however, if that's what you're looking for. I've got a book before this one and a book after this one. What did these people say, anyway? Just that she's a litigious control freak? Let me know what you want to do. G.

***Redacted***

Ah, how soon they forget. I copied you in an email to Gail Hochman. Thanks. Hey, good agency you found for yourself. Congratulations. G.

***Redacted***

Hey, Bill: I've got this fifty year-old Martinique chick who writes self-help books, like "Up Your Nose With a Rubber Hose, bin Laden," in mind. I wouldn't have to change the character too much as it's already written, but I went off on a tangent with this publishing industry directory bullshit. You should see the kinds of stuff I'm getting. I totally fall off my chair laughing. I'll absolutely keep you in mind. I've always heard nothing but good things about Gail Hochman. You should have said that was the agency you were affiliated with. I would have gotten rid of Oprah in a minute. I've definitely changed the title to ASTRAL WEEKEND. And I've still got all the other stuff you said to fiddle with. Thanks again. G.

Marianne Merola
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New York, NY 10023

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Dear David: Dan Menaker suggested I send you a sample of the above-referenced novel. I'd love to do that. The next book I was going to write was going to be The Ultimate Golf Book. It was going to be a big job. Glad you beat me to it. Now all I have to do is go read it. Let me know how much you want to see & I'll send it right away. Thanks.

Dear Gerard, Dan said your novel is really good and that he thought i would really like it so I'm grateful to him for recommending me. The UGB turned out all right, if i don't say so myself. If you're interested in golf books, I'd love to talk about that, too. David

I'm gonna attach a little golfing vignette as an .rtf file to see if you can read it all right. I'll send the real book that way if you like, but I don't mind sending it in the mail. Let me know which you prefer. Thanks. G.

Dear Gerard, Your writing is energetic and funny and Giselle is a good character. But I'm afraid The Mayonnaise Man conceit seemed to me to work against the drama rather than enhance it. I don't think I'm the right agent for this book, but I'm grateful to you (and Dan) for the chance. Best, David

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Dear Gerry: I am sorry to have to turn down your prizewinner; I am busy making a living selling schlock and so I can't afford to take on excellent writers like you. Best of luck in your quest for the Nobel... Rick Balkin

Rick, You at least have some semblance of a sense of humor. Good luck with the schlock. Thanks. G.

Take any info you want form my listing in LMP or Writer's Market. Rick Balkin

Thanks. Here's how I've got you listed. G.

Dear Gerard: I think I prefer to being immortalized by you as a schlockmeister, perhaps also in your memoirs after you've won the Nobel for your masterpiece, rather than adding to or modifying my listing. I was disappointed not to find your email query describing your work as a prizewinner, etc. Don't be so modest! Rick

Dear Rick: Okey dokey. Oh, and it's masterpieces, by the way, plural. I'm thinking I'll win all those awards in the categories of both fiction and nonfiction in the same year for the same book. The next year it'll probably have to be just fiction all by itself. I don't think I said Nobel, though--Pulitizer, National Book Award and that Booker thing, that's it. Modest is my middle name. That Booker thing might still be only for Brits, but they'll no doubt make an exception. Here's a little sample that kicks the crap out of anything that won any of those silly prizes in the last twenty years. G.

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch19m.mp3

Update: March, 2006

Dear Gerry: I really enjoyed rereading our exchange and wouldn't change a word. Someone with your pluck, sense of humor, chutzpah and balls really deserves some publishing reward (I suppose a novel in print would do, yes?). For $500 or less there are, as you know, three (more?) legit on-line publishers.... maybe that is the way to go. Best of luck and keep on truckin', Rick Balkin

Well, since GINNY GOOD has been published since April, 2004 and won some prizes and got some great reviews, I no longer own the rights to publish the sucker with some dickweed on-line publisher, right? I made a fifteen hour audio book out of it all on my own, however, which is far and away the most important work of literary art ever made and which I'm giving away for free. There's more to life than selling schlock. Really! There is! Believe it or not! Go listen to a litle of my slick audio book and see:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/ggsyn.html

It's about a billion times better than any of the giddy, contrived, toucy-feely, "redeeming" horsepiss that have won pussy Pulitizers or namby-pamby National Book Awards lately, that's for sure. It's tough being the best writer alive when everybody's been so brainwashed by preposterous puke that nobody even knows how to read anymore. Thanks. G.



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