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Old 12-10-2009, 04:49 AM   #51
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I work for a small press specializing in sex-positive erotica. We do not accept any unsolicited novel submissions. ALD sent us a book called "How to Hate Sex With Primordial Innocence." Losers.
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Old 12-10-2009, 06:05 AM   #52
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OMG. Worst...title...ever.

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Old 12-10-2009, 06:12 AM   #53
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That book is already published. Or was this a while ago?

I wanted to know what the novel was about. Now I've read its blurb, and I still don't know what its about, but I don't think its sex-positive. It's not grammar-positive either, I'm afraid...
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Old 12-10-2009, 07:47 PM   #54
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Matei, the central character, is young going to the seaside to fulfil all his erotic dreams. He quickly falls in love with a strange gipsy, a girl that is introduced to him by an older friend. However, this friend of him is found murdered hours later, and Matei gets arrested and accused of murder as the gipsy sex bomb was the girlfriend of the murdered. As he is released, he learns that the strange gipsy girl was, in fact, both girlfriend and sister of his former friend. In the end, the character discovers that what he though of perversity is obsolete and innocent: true innocence may last even in the deepest perversity. Overwhelmed by guilt and unfulfilled love, he decides to emasculate himself.
Not sex-positive. No, not a bit.

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Old 12-11-2009, 08:49 PM   #55
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I had sent ALD a query, and Leonid replied by telling me publishers don't accept manuscripts written by first time authors. Dumbest thing I have ever heard.
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Old 12-12-2009, 12:49 AM   #56
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However, this friend of him is found murdered hours later, and Matei gets arrested and accused of murder as the gipsy sex bomb was the girlfriend of the murdered...In the end, the character discovers that what he though of perversity is obsolete and innocent: true innocence may last even in the deepest perversity. Overwhelmed by guilt and unfulfilled love, he decides to emasculate himself.
You know, I can't help wondering what the friend of him, obsolete, innocent and perverse, would have though about emasculation. Maybe we find out from the gipsy sex bomb.
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You know, I can't help wondering what the friend of him, obsolete, innocent and perverse, would have though about emasculation. Maybe we find out from the gipsy sex bomb.
I am the gipsy sex bomb.

Sorry, no answers here. You could check with the Bureau for Obsolete and Innocent Perversity (BOIP). Maybe they can help?
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Old 12-12-2009, 01:01 AM   #58
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Just try reading the first few pages through Amazon's Search Inside feature.

For that matter, just try reading the first paragraph.

Oh, wait... they're the same thing.
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*smothered giggle*

Yes, well, assuming this is the same book and is/was agented by ALD, let's leave it to be a shining example of his agenting skill and--Look! The Winged Victory of Samothrace!
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How to Hate Sex With Primordial Innocence is published by a vanity press. 'Nuff said.
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Since most of the press works remotely, we set up a twitter feed at http://twitter.com/circletslush to share the pain. This is where I found the comment about ALD. If you want some idea of what the slush pile at a small press looks like, feel free to have a look.
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