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 Ok, I hate to blog exclusively about zany Craig’s List people, but here’s another one I got. The ad I posted was for a writing-related service, NOT to hire a writer. I’ve reread it a few times thinking maybe I’ve not make it clear enough, but it’s pretty clear that I’m not looking for content creation. Anyway, this gem showed up in my mailbox today:

Thank you for your time, effort and interest. My understanding is that you are in the market to hire an author. My worthiness as a client can be determined by my experience writing (educationally and professionally) and by my passion as a wordsmith. That’s in addition to my desire plus ambition to perfect acquired assignments. Concerning your available position, again, it is both experience and passion that grow substantially within me, on a daily basis. I love what I do. To write, I employ deliberate and effective research, planning and execution strategies. Regarding our business, my philosophy is that communication and dedication will form the roads of our mutually-beneficial relationship: another goal of mine. My references will attest to my character, ability and reliability. To facilitate the process, however, (located below) I’ve included some general information that may help you form a conclusion.  Since Craigslist limits the size of my response, in my next message I can provide a more specific or detailed sample if needed. Again, I’d like to thank you for your time spent. Concerning your available opportunity, I’m confident that I can direct my creativity, inelligence, writing skills, discipline, desire (and other necessary skills required) to effectively complete your assignments. Please give my faculties favorable consideration, thank you.

I think I’m going to hold on to the email in case I ever need to hire someone to use a thesaurus for me.   It is sort of odd that this person is so much better at using words properly when writing than understanding words when read. There is also a writing sample attached, which is good although it suffers from the same wordiness.

PS I was about to spell-check and post then when I realized that “intelligence” is spelled wrong! Haha! Important question: Who is dumber, the person who mispells intelligence in a cover letter, or me, for reading it and copying it and never noticing??? I think the answer is me…