Miss Snark, the literary agent: Miss Snark is Retiring

5.19.2007

Miss Snark is Retiring

Two years; two million hits (2.5 actually as of 5/20/07);
yes, Miss Snark has run out of new things to say.

It's been an amazing run.
This blog wouldn't have been any fun at all without you, my devoted readers.

I know I'll miss hearing from you.
I hope you'll miss hearing from me.

Yes, the blog will stay up cause I'm pretty proud of what we did here. And by "we" I don't mean just me and Killer Yapp, I mean you too. You sent me questions, trusted me to snark your work, made "crapometer" an industry term and most of all, you gave me perspective on what it's like to be on the other side of the slush pile.

There will be a few more days of clean up as I close out my email and spruce up the blog roll.

You can reach me through Killer Yapp.

Thank you for everything.

Labels: aw hell (as requested)

524 Comments:

Is this code for Mr. Clooney said yes?

Wow. We'll miss you! You've given so much.

Let's hope Your Snarkiness is like a phoenix and rises again.

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
I for one will be sad and bereft.
Much aloha from one very grateful snarkling.

By ORION, at 5/19/2007
I'll miss you.

It's been a great two years. Your influence will continue to be felt on writers for a long time.

Best wishes.

By Maya Reynolds, at 5/19/2007
Oh man, I can't believe it! Is it too embarrassing to cry?

This is the first blog I ever read and the only one I read regularly. You will be sooooo missed!

By Michelle, at 5/19/2007
Oh, say it ain't so.

By Rob, at 5/19/2007
I love coming to you in the middle of the night when I get writer's block.

I had no idea the shock I was in for when I came to see you tonight. Since I've already been by to see you several times today, and all seemed well in the world of Snark, I just can't get over this post.

But in your honor, whenever I feel the need to come see you in the middle of the night instead of plowing on, I'll look at the sign I have above my desk and think of you....Write well, query widely.

By Kee B., at 5/19/2007
What's going on with you all? Dia (Nadia Cornier) is "leaving" or "changing" or "quitting" her blog (not sure exactly), Jennifer says she has nothing more to say. Now you? Who's next? Kristen? Rachel? I certainly hope not. I'm bummed...but you know what? I got an agent and I have a website and I am writing all the time. If I knew who you were (I mean really knew not just a google guess), I'd send you a big fat bouquet of flowers and a bottle of gin because the things I learned from you were write well and stay after it, which I did, and now I'm on my way. Thanks, Miss Snark. And cheers!

By joelle, at 5/19/2007
Dude. I am really, really depressed now.

By lily, at 5/19/2007
Farewell. And thank you.

By Lisa McMann, at 5/19/2007
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

(While fully respecting your need to live your own life, of course.)

It's been amazing. Don't suppose you would reconsider?

You will leave a huge gap in my writing life. Without you, I would have been even more of a nitwit than I am, a nitwit with no chance of ever finding my one true agent.

Thanking you from the bottom of my heart. Missing you already. Heart...is...cracking...

*mckoala drags self up eucalypt to lie on branch and cry*

By McKoala, at 5/19/2007
*sob*

By M. G. Tarquini, at 5/19/2007
This makes me sad. I always enjoy reading your posts and look forward to them showing up on my RSS reader. I've enjoyed participating in and have received great help from the Crapometer.

Miss S you will be missed. Thank you for all you've done to educate, encourage, inspire, and amuse us all.

By Gina Black, at 5/19/2007
But...but...I only just FOUND you, Miss Snark!

And now I have to miss you while I go read your all your previous posts instead of looking forward to new ones.

***sniff***

Unending gin and cookies to you and KY, and the best possible success.

By Syd, at 5/19/2007
Crap, you'll be missed.

Thank you for the two years. Hard to believe it was that long, from this end.

By kaolin fire, at 5/19/2007
You will have the undying gratitude of so many. Thank you for all of your time these past two years.

The devotion will live on!

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
*sniffle* I feel like a relative has passed away.

Can we bribe you with Mr. Clooney?

What if we find Mr. Clooney...how will we tell him that you've retired?

What if he personally asked you not to go?

By Bonnie Calhoun, at 5/19/2007
This is a joke, yeah?

Please? It has to be.

Denial. It helps me, it could help you, too.

By S.F., at 5/19/2007
Miss Snark, it was an amazing run. Thank you so much for all your effort above and beyond what anyone could expect from a busy agent. You'll be missed more than I can express in a blog comment. Much success to you in the future. :0)

::gives KY a plate of beef ribs::

By MelodyO, at 5/19/2007
WHAT?!?!?!?!!?!?!??!?!?!!?

YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

By Alexandra, at 5/19/2007
You've done a great service to the publishing community, and I really appreciate it.

By Nathan Bransford, at 5/19/2007
Your absence here will leave a sucking void in the online community...

I only stumbled upon you in January, and never imagined you might ever be gone. You've inspired, I'm sure, not only me, but your many readers. The insight you have provided over the past two years has given writers across the world the basic knowlege to not appear a nitwit to agents across the country.

You will be missed greatly, Miss Snark... Now who will we read?

~Dawn

By D.M. Papuga, at 5/19/2007
You've been a pleasure to read. I think I speak for hundreds of writers when I say we're sorry to see you go.

By Michelle Moran, at 5/19/2007
Miss Snark, I just can't believe this! I really don't know how I'm going to survive. You have been one of my more positive addictions. And my query letter gets good results, largely thanks to you. Maybe you'll change your mind and miss us too??? I'm still going to look for you in the East Village, but I haven't seen any poodles around at all. All I can say is, thank you. The publishing world invented the word "best" for people like you.

By a sad green ray, at 5/19/2007
Please say it isn't so! Please! I've learned so much from you, but I'm still in danger of being a nitwit.

I'm going to be sad and bereft with Orion! I'm heading down to the Nitwit's Lounge to drink heavily. Anyone want to join me?

*sob*

By The Anti-Wife, at 5/19/2007
I feel like one of those joggers who were following Forrest Gump when he decided to quit running and go home. You made the writing life a lot less lonely. Thanks.

I've made some good friends via the comments section of this blog. Thanks.

I changed my query after studying the Snarkives and listening to your advice, then broke through. Thanks.

By Stephen Parrish, at 5/19/2007
I keep looking under and behind my laptop, closing the lid and reopening it, giving it a good shake. Then, I rub my eyes, blink, and rub my eyes again.

Thanks Miss Snark. Your blog was in my start up folder...it was great with coffee and a few hours of writing outlined before me.

I will miss the miss, very much.

By Ann, at 5/19/2007
I am beyond sad that we won't have your wise and well, snarky comments to start off our writing days anymore. But I completely understand that there is a life beyond the blog, just waiting for you. And the gin. And Mr.Clooney. Ditto the cute alpaca.

By Lin Neiswender, at 5/19/2007
I only knew this blog for a month. But it was a good blog. I am saddened that you are not blogging anymore, but I understand.

I always wondered who you were, mystery being the beast that drove, but I guess mystery was your name. Woven complete. Miss Snark and Yapp.

Thanks for making my days more than they would have been.

All the best,

A Chess Player

By Joseph Ryan, at 5/19/2007
I am beyond sad that we won't have your wise and well, snarky comments to start off our writing days anymore. But I completely understand that there is a life out there beyond this blog, waiting for you. And the gin pail. And Mr. Clooney. Ditto a very cute baby alpaca.

By Lin Neiswender, at 5/19/2007
I'm stunned. All I can think of is "Thanks for the Memory".

So, thanks for the memory
And strictly entre-nous, darling how are you?
And how are all the little dreams that never did come true?
Aw'flly glad I met you, cheerio, and toodle-oo
And thank you so much.

By Fennel Giraffe, at 5/19/2007
I too just recently found you and am so sorry to see you go. I have learned so much in just a couple months. I can't thank you enough for being here and sharing your wisdom. It's priceless and I am already a better writer - and a much better querier - because of it.
God has a special corner for you and your gin mill. And KY of course.
Possibly you could come and post once in awhile just to let us know how you are. I for one would be very interested in knowing how you're getting on.
Best of luck in all your future endeavors.

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
Thank you for the legacy.
Thank you for the wisdom you leave in the archives.
Thank you for being you.

Please give KY a pat on the head, and...stop by to say hello now and then...or post a Space Ark! update...we'll take whatever you give us!

By Faithful Snarkling #22, at 5/19/2007
Thank you, Miss Snark.

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
You know, I think this is all cyclical. Without The Snark, Nadia, agent007 et al (but mostly The Snark), the nitwits will eventually reach critical mass and new agents blogs will appear as a counter attack. At least I hope so. Of course, the other possibility is that without blogs to read, more of us will be actually writing and submitting, thus keeping said agents too busy to blog. Thus, nature balances itself. Or something.

By Meg, at 5/19/2007
wait, what?

I feel like I've been dumped, unexpectedly and heart-wrenchingly.

*sniff*

say goodbye to KY for me...

By alternatefish, at 5/19/2007
This is a late April Fool's joke, right?

Right??

Thanks so much for the time you've spent educating the masses. Thank you for answering my questions. Thank you for the crapometers. There are just some things I never would have understood in a million years if it weren't for your blog.

Good luck in your future endeavors!

By Rose, at 5/19/2007
Miss Snark... retiring... noooo!

There's always more to say! And we always love hearing it!

Okay... protests aside... I'll definitely miss you. Every day I've enjoyed your advice, encouragement, and inside info about the lit agent biz. You've made a lasting positive impact on so many of us. For that, THANK YOU!!

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
I have absolutely nothing pithy to say. Thanks for everything. I'm gonna miss ya fierce, but I wish you tons o' success and happiness.

By angie, at 5/19/2007
Man where is April first when you need it.

I am not a writer but I know a lot about writing and how to get a book published...well more than I did when i started reading this blog.

I have absolutely enjoyed your writing/blog and I hope you change your mind. I think it has also been really,really helpful to up and coming authors.

In either case best of luck.

By Mike, at 5/19/2007
I, too, am among the stunned. This is one of only two blogs I read every day, several times a day.

While I bow to Miss Snark's decision to follow the show business dictum of "leave them wanting more," I think I speak for most here when I say we wanted lots and lots more.

"Missed" is an inadequate word for what Miss Snark will be.

By Bill, at 5/19/2007
Wait, what, huh? No. No, no, no. Mistake, right? Joke, maybe? Or, some hacker cracked your account and put up this post and ....

Oy. It's real isn't it? Okay, stomach upside down, chest feels punched, brain reeling ...

Ouch. Times many. Inner child sez: Don't leave us!

Inner grownup sez: We all trust this decision comes about because your career is booming and you just can't spare the attention we needy, needy snarklings crave and still give yourself a reasonable life. In which case, good on ya, and we cheer you silently from cyberia, where you have meant so very much and done so very much good.

I believe that as long as I keep writing, not a day will go by when I don't give Killer Yapp a psychic skritch behind the ear, and hoist a psychic dirty martini to your own mighty self.

Live long and prosper.

By Greta LaGarbeaux, at 5/19/2007
You have shared some really valuable industry insight for countless people. You have the amazing skill of helping us see that our dreams are reachable, while still keeping us realistic about how hard it can be. I thank you for this.

I understand that it's time for you to move on. Please know that your blog is an immensely valuable resource. That you devoted so many hours to this cause demonstrates to me that you are somebody great. I thank you for this too.

Cheers to you, and to Killer Yapp.

By Moon Goddess, at 5/19/2007
Congratulations on a job well done. You've shown extreme generosity in the use of your time. To say that this was perhaps your greatest feat of teaching through volunteerism is an understatement.

Really. There ought to be some sort of medal for this.

I've learned a lot from you.

You say you've run out of things to say. Perhaps to us, but we know the real reason you're leaving is to live your life with George, with whom you have lots of lost time to cover.

By Kanani, at 5/19/2007
Wow. I'll definitely miss poking over here..oh..ten times a day. I guess the only thing left to do is stop reading blogs and start writing novels....well. And then query widely.

By Becca, at 5/19/2007
You could always, yanno, in your retirement, put together Miss Snark's Book of Etiquette for Nitwits.

Clueguns and nonfiction fantasy have become household staples in our family (even the 9-year-old uses these terms now). We'll be going through withdrawal.

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
Thank you, Miss Snark -- you answered the questions that I never dared to ask.

By Clare, at 5/19/2007
No! No! You can't leave!! What will we do without you? :(

Well, you and Killer Yap have been awesome. I've really enjoyed this blog and it's helped me gain perspective on the world of publishing that I'd never have had otherwise. Thanks tons. I wish y'all weren't going. :( :(

By Becs, at 5/19/2007
AAAaaaAAAAAaaaAAAGH!!!!

*sob*

You are the most valuable resource for writers I have come across anywhere. I've learned so much about the publishing industry here that it's embarrassing. You're a star.

You're also damned entertaining.

There is no one who'll ever be able to take your place.

I [heart] Miss Snark.

Love,
Whitemouse

By whitemouse, at 5/19/2007
Thanks for the memories!

By Cassandra, at 5/19/2007
Noooo...

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
thank you for your time and honesty - you'll be missed. i'll link to you still, though.
my word verification is 'wetoke'. is that blogger's subliminal suggestion on how we manage our grief at your departure??

By shlinki, at 5/19/2007
aw shit.

xo, miss snark. xo.

brita

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
NO! Say it ain't so!

Waaaaahhhh!

By OmegaMom, at 5/19/2007
Damn.

...and thanks for everything.

By Grendel's Dam, at 5/19/2007
Thanks for all the words of wisdom.

By JulieB, at 5/19/2007
Thanks for everything.
I'll miss you.

By Ramon, at 5/19/2007
Awww! Here I just finished up some late-night keyboard-tapping and thought I'd stop by for a little nightcap of Snark, and now this!

Well, I'll tell ya what, I'm keeping this blog bookmarked, just for those times when I feel the urge for a little refreshing dip into the Snarkives.

Thanks so much for the wit, the wisdom and the inspiration. You're a gem. And I'm keeping you on the blogroll of my blog, goddammit!

Love,
Dan

By Dan Leo, at 5/19/2007
You have been my daily read for over a year. Thank you for your snarky advice. It has been invaluable.

By Amra Pajalic, at 5/19/2007
Yanno, dog bless ya, Miss Snark.

Thanks for all your help and the fun times!

But drats, I'll miss you.

By Richard Lewis, at 5/19/2007
You can't just go. Where will get our dose of common sense from now on?

Miss Snark, thank you ever so much for the wisdom and snarkiness you have dispersed over the years. We'd love to hear from you from time to time, so if anything spectacular catches your eye, please share it with us.

And, sigh, I guess that settles an old argument:

From now on, we'll be an orphanage of snarklings

By green__knight, at 5/19/2007
Oh. No.

I will miss you.

You are my home page, that is how regularly I visited you.

Thanks for all the common sense so snarkily expressed.

By Ozal, at 5/19/2007
*wail*

But what will we do without you?

*sniff*

And what will you do with all your new-found freetime! We are much healthier than gin and Cloonyesque fantasies, honest!

Thanks for the two years and you know we wish you well.

By sylvia, at 5/19/2007
Thank you for all of your advice, your snark, and your Crapometers. You'll be missed.

By Nora, at 5/19/2007
It's your blog and your life, but I'm still as depressed as the others. Poddymouth quit and now you. Where am I supposed to go?

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
I will indeed miss hearing from you. I'm very sad that you're hanging up your keyboard... but I'm so glad you're leaving the blog up. I've learned so much from you and, well, instead of reading your latest post I'll just pick at random from the archives each day until I know the whole thing by heart, OK? Best of luck for the future *hands over huge bouquet of flowers and magnum of gin*

By Zinnia Cyclamen, at 5/19/2007
Sic transit gloria - but our devotion remains.

By Bernita, at 5/19/2007
Thank you Miss Snark!

Wishing you much success and relaxation in the coming years

By Colleen Cook, at 5/19/2007
Congradulations Miss Snark. You changed the world, one Nittwit at a time. We love you.

By Gail, at 5/19/2007
Thank YOU!

By Sam, at 5/19/2007
So, will there be a Miss Snark book?
Kind of looks as though people might buy it.

All the best with your next project/s
Lane

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
Thank you, Miss Snark. You've been wonderful! :-)

By Ivy, at 5/19/2007
...for she's a jolly good fellow...

good luck Miss Snark! I hope you get a client that sells gazillions of books in fifty languages, so you can buy a home on Lake Como next to Clooney's.

By dan, at 5/19/2007
Thanks for all the help! Your efforts in the battle against nitwittery shall not be forgotten.

By Ana Vicente Ferreira, at 5/19/2007
I've learned a lot from this blog and the crapometers.

Thanks Miss Snark.

Good luck for everything in the future. May you discover The Next Big Author!

By Welshcake, at 5/19/2007
But, but...reading your blog is part of my routine. I hate change.

Thank you for the insight and the laughs. You're welcome back here anytime.

By Undercover, at 5/19/2007
This is the worst day of my life.

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
Thanks, Miss Snark. It has been educational.

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
Noooooooooo! Miss Snark is my daily indulgence, my writing guru, my sanity, my preventer of cluelessness! Cast us not into the dark of life without your presence, most awe-ful snarkilicious one!

Then again, I can see that maybe you need a break. Curse the ability to see both sides! Thank you for everything. May your future existence be full of gin and Clooney and bones for KY.

Yours, sobbing, Imelda

By Imelda, at 5/19/2007
Wow! Is there any way this is a joke? Could we offer a mass snarkling prayer or begging and pleading...anything....???

I would like to say this is the only blog I have been faithful to. But I only found it recently so my disappointment may not compare to those who have been with you from the beginning. Nonetheless....seriously bummed.

If this isn't a joke, Thank you so much for everything you have done here!!!! You really are the best!!!

By *Sherri*, at 5/19/2007
That's bad news. This blog is the ritualistic starting point for my daily round up of writing related web browsing. I'm sure you have good reason for this that are none of our business. Best of luck with your future endeavours.

Bad, bad news.

Word verification: bajoovm - the sound of the sky falling down.

By Conduit, at 5/19/2007
I can believe that you feel all the questions have been answered one way or another, and I know how time-consuming the blog must be. But you'll be missed, and so will KY.

Not only will you be missed for your realism, humour and tough love to aspiring writers, but also because there must be quite a few people in the book trade with a better idea now of what aspiring writers go through, and how painful some of it is.

Thank you.

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
Thanks for two years of good laughs and even better advice. And if you're just having us on - ho ho.

By Simon Haynes, at 5/19/2007
Yes, I think you've covered it all, so your good deeds are done.

I hope this has also been a chance to articulate your ideas and observations. Perhaps you could boil it all down into an ebook?

Good luck. It would be nice to think that you're dropping this blog because you have one or more happy life events.

My sword is at your service,
Z

By Zornhau, at 5/19/2007
What? No more sending Haiku to you at 3 a.m. Eastern European time?

It's been a fun ride, a great learning experience. I found my agent mentioned in your blog.

All the best.

By Roberta, at 5/19/2007
Oh no!

I'm so sorry to hear this, but I echo the other posters in my gratitude for all the helpful advice you have taken the time to post. You made a difference to me.

Sophia

By Sophia, at 5/19/2007
NOOOOOOO! I'm with mckoala, as well as the rest of your myriad fans, on this one.. I only just discovered you a few months ago and already I'd become heavily addicted.. (there's always the archives i guess - I've only read about half of them so far..)
I did wonder how you managed to get o much done and update so wonderfully regularly.. So thank you so much for a brilliant blog, and best wishes to you and the Killingest of Yapps for the future
-apathy m.
PS. You could always return just occasionally? Special occasional appearances?

By apathy, at 5/19/2007
You'll be missed, Miss S.

By Jackie, at 5/19/2007
Interestingly, I just thought about this yesterday. I wondered if you would ever run out of topics or get tired of having the same ones over and over.

I am not sure what initially motivated you to help the writers of the world, but I am certainly grateful for your time, your efforts, your honesty and your humour.

Now I think I'll go light my hair on fire.....

You'll be missed very much. Happy retirement.

By Rebecca F., at 5/19/2007
In the midst of the word she was trying to say,
In the midst of her laughter and glee,
She had softly and suddenly vanished away -
For the Snark was a boojum, you see.

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
A sincere thank you for all the help, advice, critique and drive you've given the legions of aspiring writers.

Because of you, your slush pile won't be half as bad as it was two years ago; the writing, the letters, the grammer, the stories will all be the better for your input.

susan

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
Thanks for this blog.
You are appreciated.
You will be missed.

You were my first blog stop in the morning and my coffee will not taste as rich and fine without you.

By Joshilyn Jackson, at 5/19/2007
Miss Snark, I'm a much better writer now than before I discovered your blog. Please accept my most heartfelt gratitude.

By sundae best, at 5/19/2007
A day without Miss Snark and KY is so empty.

Thank you, Miss Snark :~)

...

By kitty, at 5/19/2007
THis deeply saddens me. I'm not kidding. It will leave a void in my life.

And it's my son's birtday --so I know a few things about this day in history. It's Malcom X's birthday. It's also:

Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery.

New England's Dark Day: never-explained complete darkness falls on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States at 2 pm in 1780.

1897 - Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol (prison).

Nathaniel Hawthorne dies on this day, 1864.

On this day in 1848, the U.S. acquires Texas from Mexico. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

I'll stop here.

Cheers,

By takoda, at 5/19/2007
Oh, alas. Well, thank you for a marvellous website, and all the best for the future!

By Kit Whitfield, at 5/19/2007
It's your life you've been pouring into these pages and I can understand the need for something different, but I hope you'll permit me a very selfish "boo-hoo."

By KingM, at 5/19/2007
Very thankful for all your help and support but, nevertheless, devastated.

By lorra laven, at 5/19/2007
OMG sobbing

I never truly understood how you found the time to do this blog, but I didn't question -- just selfishly soaked up all the wisdom.

You answered my question, when I needed direction the most and helped me extricate myself from a bad agent relationship.

You will be sorely missed.

Malia

By Julie, at 5/19/2007
But... but... No!

*sniffle*

Wow, this is so sad! I didn't even get a chance to get Snarked (although I read you for more than a year!)

The writing world will be lost without you!

I second a big bunch of flowers and a pail or three of gin! You've helped me so much!

*sniffles more*

You're awesome. Thank you so much!

By Emma, at 5/19/2007
Thank you for everything, Miss Snark.

By AM, at 5/19/2007
Good luck. God Bless. Mazel Tov. And a personal thank you from the heart for your kindness.

LONG LIVE SNARK!

By Kim Stagliano, at 5/19/2007
Oh, and I so wanted to hear your view on the Simon and Schuster contract changes. This blog is such a powerful presence in the industry.

Yet, some decisions must be final. One thing you aren't, is washy-washy!

Thank you, Miss Snark and Killer Yapp!

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
It was that video of me acting out the 3rd chapter of my synopsis for "Dancing Naked in Central Park', wasn't it?

I assure you, the Mounted Police horses were not harmed during the filming. I apologize if your hair burst into flames.

Bye, Miss Snark. It has been a great time reading your blog. Good health and enjoy your retirement.

Um...does this mean I should go to Barbara Baur for writing advice from now on?

By nitwitness, at 5/19/2007
I will miss you. Good luck!

By Tattieheid, at 5/19/2007
What?! You can't leave!

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
Awwwwwwwww . . . damn! Well, the fan listing will remain!

But, maaaaaaaaaaaan . . .

*sighs*

By domynoe, at 5/19/2007
I've learned so much from you, Miss Snark. Just two weeks ago, an agent I'd queried gave me a "nice, but not for me" response and if it hadn't been for your advice, I would have concentrated only on the rejection and missed her subsequent offer to help with my agent search.

As it was, I'd learned enough from your blog to value that offer and take her up on it -- and she gave me a referral to a wonderful agency who fell in love with my work and offered representation within the week. If it hadn't been for you, I might very well have missed that opportunity entirely. So thank you. You will be greatly missed.

By R.J. Anderson, at 5/19/2007
Very sad day, and the fact that this happened as I was busy appreciating the absolute doll-ness that is Dan Lazar, who I never would have thought much about without that fun contest.

We'll miss you, Miss Snark. I hope that since this place will be here, if you come across something that needs to be said, you won't hesitate to open those Bobbi Brown'd lips and punch a stiletto through to the heart of it.

By Susan Helene Gottfried, at 5/19/2007
C'mon, you're going to miss us all so much you'll be back!! Write that book or whatever excuse you have for this horrible announcement, and reconsider PLEASE! Im going to keep Miss Snark as a favourite and check this site every week. You CAN'T go, I havent written my book yet!

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
Wow. Totally not what I expected to read this morning. A scathing snark about S & S's contract changes, a shot at yet another clueless nitwit, another tribute to George Clooney--yes.

Miss Snark hangs up her clue gun? No.

You've been a tremendous help in so many ways, Miss Snark. My last two query letters resulted in requests for more, thanks to the Crapometer. I know how to spot a scammer, know at least 20 agents to avoid completely, and know several "do not ever's" to avoid at the next conference, all thanks to you.

You'll be greatly missed.

By Tori Scott, at 5/19/2007
So many blogs that I read are going away. This is the third to retire this month from my blogroll. I need a drink.

But thanks for all your time, Miss Snark. Happy retirement to you, you certainly deserve it.

By Cheryl, at 5/19/2007
The prospect of another Crapometer was just too much, huh?

*goes away to be sad*

By BuffySquirrel, at 5/19/2007
I'll miss you. Your snarky advice has helped me avoid doing dastardly deeds of nitwittery many times.

Thanks for the fun and informative ride.

Toss a cookie to Killer Yapp for me as I raise my glass of gin to you.

By Anonymous, at 5/19/2007
As one of the few who have been here since the beginning, thank you for all you've done - especially the personal notes you used to send before it went crazy -they were most helpful.

Many of the writers who started with you have gotten book deals and now, the books are coming out. I can't but think that you helped.

Those of us who are still plugging will miss getting snarked. And sitting late at night trying to figure out how to explain things better to prevent the dreaded WTF?

THanks again.

By Ric, at 5/19/2007
You will be sorely missed! You've provided us with a stellar education in a baffling business. Thank you so much.

By Kimber An, at 5/19/2007
I'm sorry to see you go. Thanks for everything. I wish you continued success in your future endeavors.

By B.E. Sanderson, at 5/19/2007
Dear Miss Snark,

I hope you have tears in your eyes when you read these tributes. I sure have them in mine.

I miss you already. The words "thank you" are hardly adequate.

Wishing you all the best.

By inherwritemind1, at 5/19/2007