BEWARE IN REFERENCE TO THIS RECENT POST.......I GOT AN EMAIL IN REFERENCE
TO THIS COMPANY (ATTACHED).....WHICH JACK MINGO SENT TO THIS NEWSGROUP A
WHILE AGO, BUT I WISH TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORIES.....
To: microbio at net.bio.net
From: Jack Mingo <mingo at pacbell.net>
Subject: Beware of the Woodside "Literary Agency"
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 21:54:54 -0800
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The notorious guy spammed your group:
>The Woodside Literary Agency is accepting new & previously
>published writers for publication. We have 3 offices/ 2 in New
>York City/ the other in Florida. For ALL fiction &
>nonfiction/ send brief synopsis/ first chapter/
>include a self addressed, stamped envelope: S.A.S.E.
>Poetry: send 3 poems/ S.A.S.E.
>Short Stories: send brief synopsis/ 3 pages/ S.A.S.E.
>Do not send complete manuscript unless invited to do so.
>WOODSIDE LITERARY AGENCY
>0000 North Spammer Blvd.
>Macro Island\ Florida
>Zip: 00000
>Tel: 000-000-0000
Don't even THINK of sending anything to this "literary agency" before
you've read my article:
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/archive/styles/97/02/13/NET_STALKING.html
Jack Mingo
misc.writing goodwill ambassador
>Now*accepting <new> and <previously published> writers for publication.
>We are a NEW=YORK based international literary agency with three
>offices: 2 in NEW=YORK and one in <FLORIDA.>
><Please follow guidelines for submission:>
>For ALL fiction, including screenplays for TV & Movies: Send us a <brief
>synopsis>,
>the first chapter, and include a self-addressed, stamped envelope=S.A.S.E.
>Short Stories: Send brief synopsis, 3 pages, S.A.S.E.
>Poetry: Send 3 poems, S.A.S.E.
>For ALL nonfiction: Send us a <brief synopsis>, the first chapter, and
>include a S.A.S.E.
>Do not send complete manuscript unless invited.
><WOODSIDE=INTERNATIONAL=LITERARY=AGENCY>
><Thirty Three Twenty Nine 58 St.>
><Wood-Side, New York>
><zip: 1.1.3.7.7>
><(Tel)=={718}=651=8145>
>>AFTER MAY 12, 1997, please submit your material to our branch office at:
>Woodside International Literary Agency
>1190=North=Collier=Blvd.
>Marco Island, Florida zip: 34145 Tel: 941-642-9660