“I’m sorry, no, I cannot recommend an agent or an editor.”

When you hit literary paydirt, you too can look forward to being approached by complete strangers. Jim Crace’s responses to five of them (via Maud.)

Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting this Thursday, February 16. Other speakers include Morin Oluwole (Facebook), Michael Brito (Edelman Digital), and Tim Devane (bitly). Register now.