Well, we all know who Unsolicited is written by, now. But that doesn't mean we're going to quit linking to it. No wait! It turns out that it's written by a brand-new anonymous editor. Sweet. Anyway, he, she, it, whoever it is, takes a look at the publicist:

On any given day, a publicist might go from harried travel agent to ill-prepared baby-sitter for truly awful authors, all for the same shit wages that editors bitch about. People who can pull this off with grace and panache deserve just as much credit as editors do, believe me. Unfortunately, the sad reality is that too many publicists do, in fact, suck at their admittedly difficult and repugnant jobs. But they certainly don't all suck in the same way.

So see who you're working with: Publicist Barbie? Publicist Until Married? Or hopefully One in a Million?