Was He Messing With Our Heads?

[pameladlloyd]

From Quotes of the Day:

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

Ring Lardner (1885 - 1933), "How to Write Short Stories"

Comments

[pdlloyd.livejournal.com]

Yes. Quite.

I just hope there weren't too many aspiring authors who mistook his humor for actual advice.