No, I wasn't talking about Miss Snark, or really even about the Rejecter, who often gives helpful advice, but about the many blogs (SammyK's included, and the late unlamented Pitch Bitch is another example) that have a new writer hate-on going. This includes not just agent blogs, but the blogs of some well-known writers, who are so concerned to tell newbies "the truth" about publishing that they forget that those they are addressing are not all fools and losers.
Miss Snark is the original--the one that all the faux-snarkish bloggers try to imitate--and while she's snarky and doesn't tolerate nitwits, there is no gratuitous meanness, and she has repeatedly shown her generosity with the Crapometer and other stuff--and she definitely knows the industry. Her advice is solid. Plus, it's clear she loves books and writing. With some of the other snarkers, that's not so evident.
- Victoria