/lit/ - Literature

>>15244833
holy shit

>write a novel
>rejected by mainstream publishers for being too weird
>rejected by weird publishers for being too mainstream

fuck

>go to library
>browsing for a bit
>they've got a copy of this book of horror stories by this obscure writer
>i go all "OH SHIT NIGGER" about it
>can't take the book home (it's a university library, and though i graduated from it you can't take books out unless you're currently enrolled or work there)
>can't steal it (or probably could, but way to beta to try)
>pull out my phone and decide to take photos of the book
>i go to a corner and find a table
>trying to be subtle about it, i place the book in my lap so the librarians or other people can't see what i'm doing
>start snapping pics
>after a while i'm getting fed up so i start taking photos of two-page spreads as opposed to individual pages to make it quicker
>to do this i have to pull my phone up so they fit in the frame
>i'm about halfway through when two qt's walks into the aisle
>they look at me
>they see a guy pointing his phone at his lap and taking pictures
>one of them says "gross!"
>they storm out
>probably going to call security on me
>i put the book on a random shelf and quickly get the fuck out of there