Friday, October 7, 2016

AYE, ROBOT

Ugh!
I’m submitting again…
Queries, synopses, sample pages…
And with each submission my sense of…
“This is a great story”
Goes flushing down the toilet of my insecurities…
I see my manuscript swirling clockwise…
Swooshing down into a cesspool…
Of other dumped manuscripts.
And then…
Like a Lincoln log that wouldn’t stay down…
An idea popped up…
What if…
We writers had…
** DRUM ROLL **
A Writer-Buddy-Robot?
Think about it…
All we’d have to do…
Is pop in the USB flash drive of our current W.I.P.…
Then Writer-buddy-Robot…
Would content, line, and copy edit…
Knowing when and where…
To use the Oxford comma, for instance…
Or when ellipses, n-dashes, and m-dashes are needed.…
Or catch the overuse of certain words or adverbs…
And you know we writers always have a few.
Writer-Buddy-Robot…
Would always be searching the Internet…
For agents and publishers seeking your kind of story…
And then prepare the submissions accordingly.
Need to brainstorm?
Writer-Buddy-Robot could do that too.
Also when you’re low…
Writer-Buddy-Robot…
Would have inspirational thoughts and quotes…
To boost your moral.
And then **sigh**  
If you get a rejection…
Writer-Buddy-Robot would have arms to give you a hug.  
What do you think?
Want a Writer-Buddy-Robot?
What would your Writer-Buddy-Robot do for you?

Always,
Em-Musing

5 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

I could use one of those!

Patsy Collins said...

I'l take two!

menopausal mama said...

I'd LOVE to have a writer buddy robot!! By the way, sorry it took me so long to get over here---between the hurricane and then two birthday celebrations plus my upcoming trip this week, I've been swamped!

Deniz Bevan said...

When I'm on a drafting a new story high, mine would bring me endless cafe au laits...
And then later, when I'd set the story aside and was procrastinating every day, my robot would kick me until I sat down and started editing!

Leigh Caron said...

Thanks for all the comments especially those who had to fare the hurricane. Denis, after reading and smiling about your comment, I think my writer-buddy-robot would have a taser so I couldn't procrastinate.