Miss Snark retires to her fainting couch with a cold compress

This post at Media Angst makes me weep with frustration

Lauren Barat-Logsted

Not because they are not true.
Because they are.
Like every industry there are slacker agents.
I just wish they'd retire to a farm in Nova Scotia and
watch the salmon spawn.

And yet...for every story like this there are others, several
of which are mine, about authors who spent three years redrafting
manuscripts cause we loved the concept and wanted
the book to be good enough to sell.

Gotta admire her persistence and tenacity. As one of the comments
said, I'd have been hiring mercenaries too.

Thanks to Ron for the link.