Ah, well…since I’m here all alone… (sniffle, sniffle)
…racking these posts up all by myself… 
In response to Cece’s request–just for you, Steph (everybody else look away).
In July of 2004 I was silly enough to enter The Worst Pitch contest on the community board of a certain category publisher. (It was really great fun!!).
It involved coming up with The Worst Pitch an editor could possibly get during one of those author/editor conferences.
And I was the worst of the worst. :razz:
My simple, basic pitch:
…”Well yes, I realize 100 pages is a little short for a full-length novel, Ms. Editor…
Oh, yes, one of the other authors did try to tell me something about your house not publishing true crime stuff, Ms. Editor…
Yeah, I can understand your policy about not accepting handwritten manuscripts, Ms. Editor…
So what makes me think you’d want my manuscript?
I have your poodle, Ms. Editor…”