The Art of the Padded Proposal

[ksmith]

I find the following interesting on so many levels:

http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/105067

In a small world like high fashion, did Davies really believe that she would really get away with cribbing conversations from the works of others and not be found out? That word wouldn't have gotten back to the fashionistas with whom she'd allegedly spoken?

If it turns out that she did pad that proposal, I hope she hasn't spent too much of that $900,000 advance.

Comments

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

It has been commodified. There will soon be a market for potential non-fiction authors in Truth Trading--hey, trade you your abusive childhood for my drug dealing in college. You sign my release, and I'll sign yours.

Genius. Let's start a new trend.

I must agree with JT -- the levels of stupidity here are awe-inspiring. You can only make the mistake of doing anything stupid with a synopsis once -- and pray your agent catches it and fires it back in your face. Someone who left their last position under a cloud because of financial irregularities has used every "Get out of jail free" card she has . . ..

And now the president is making up whole cloth to open a third theater of war. As we used to say in Bloom County, Mass Dandelion Break.