Some people take it FAR more seriously than others. As I said on Gawker, there was really only one, but Wylie kept changing his wigs.

A literary agent pal sends along a braggy email from a fellow agent; apparently, it’s been floating around the industry a bit.

From: [lady agent]
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:11 AM
To: [long list of colleagues]
Subject: I had to beat off SIXTEEN other agents to sign this guy!

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