Manuscript Dreamers Mugs

"It's an oughtobiography...."

Bookworm Sleepover

'The C minus was sufficient. I didn't need the advice against hiring a literary agent.'

The Quack Quack Diaries: Quack Quack Writes A Novel

'I have a best selling novel on the tip of my tongue...'

Home Sweet Home

'As a famous writer, could you do something to help jumpstart my career?'

"Maybe I'm aiming too high...maybe 'saving for a cool car' is too hard."

it's back to school time, Frank. I think I have everything I need. I have a new backpack, pens, pencils, erasers, notebooks and, of course, a mask. We don't need those anymore. Speak for yourself. Zzzzzzz.

"If you saw a book with the title 'An American Speaks Out,' would you buy it?"

"I feel that I have at least one more unpublished novel in me."

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

'I can't promise you a best seller but I can give you fifteen minutes of fame.'

"Isn't it obvious? I'm writing the great American graphic novel."

The novel was printed and in the stores ... any minute now, the world would beat down his door.

Accountant Manqué

"Hey - I'd write a book, too, if I could find the time."

"Not now. I'm working on my children's book."

A Poet

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

Heaven

"FREEDOM!!!"

"I wish you would actually sell one of these novels...all these returned manuscripts are giving me backaches!"

Don Quichotte

"Would you mind taking a look at this collection of my poems? Your opinion would mean a lot."

'My blog has been favourited over half a million times but still no book deal!'

Dear Author: We really are tickled by your persistence. Sincerely, The Editors.

"Dear Mom and Dad: Thanks for the happy childhood. You've destroyed any chance I had of becoming a writer."

Well, those election results certainly surprised me. Me too, little buddy. But that's because when I went to sleep last night, I had a dream … that Robert F. Kennedy had lived, he appointed Carl Sagan as science advisor and head of NASA, Sagan took us to Mars in 1991, and Donald Trump spent the rest of his days founding casinos and selling real estate degrees on the red planet. Meanwhile, in the 2016 election, Martin Luther King Jr. narrowly defeated Sonny Bono. I just meant I'd forgotten we wer

'Your novel has an up-to-the-moment breaking news quality. We intend to publish it in 2012.'

"That's my novel."

"Just thought I'd let you know that the stars are in the exact same configuration as when Mary Shelley wrote 'Frankenstein'."

'My dad is pushing me to become an alpha male, but frankly, I'd rather be a poet...'

'I'm still working on my novel. In the meantime, and this is between you and me, I make ends meet by writing all those cat memes you see on Facebook.'

'The editor told me my novel is very foresighted - I shall submit again in 2079!'