Acronyms and Abbreviations of the Literary World

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Publishing, like any profession, has its own jargon which can seem dense, confusing, and even malodourous at times.  It's important before you attempt any literary endeavors to understand what exactly agents and publishers are looking for.  You'd look awfully foolish if an agent was asking for SFF (Science Fiction and Fantasy) and you sent in your Serialized Foot Fetish novel, wouldn't you?  In the spirit of keeping you informed, Across The Board Writers Blog now presents a handy list of some common:

LITERARY ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

MS - Manuscript

WC - Word Count

MSWL - Manuscript Wish List

BBB - Burn, Baby, Burn

K - Thousand

SFF - Serialized Foot Fetish

ALA - American Library Association

ISBN - International Standard Book Number

DDAW - Dat Dank Ass Weed

ASIN - Amazon Standard identification Number

MSRP - Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price

UPC - Universal Product Code

KTJKTA - Kill Them, Jimmy.  Kill Them All.

STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

IYCJ - Ignore Your Conscience, Jimmy.

PITR - Pain Is Their Reward

SRMJ - Stop Resisting Me, Jimmy.

TOWTMTVSITMTA - The Only Way to Make the Voices Stop is to Murder Them All

ARC - Advanced Reading Copy

BITB - Bathe In Their Blood

DTAWYSITBP - Don't Tell Anyone What You See In This Blog Post

CP - Critique Partner

YHBTPH - You Have Become the Perfect Horror

NOWBY - No One Will Believe You

GATTABTYTDI - Go Ahead, Tell Them a Blog Told You To Do It

SHFTGY - See How Far That Gets You

AITNTW - Alone in the Nuthouse, That's Where

SASE - Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope

IAYOFN - I Am Your Only Friend Now

ITYNTCMS - I Told You Not To Call Me Satan

WIP - Work In Progress

BMNIJ - Because My Name Is Jimmy

And there you have it!  Hopefully from now on you'll be able to tell your ASINs from your ISBNs and impress all of your author friends.  Notice any literary abbreviations I missed?  Stick 'em in the comments below!  After all, YOLO (You Only Live Once), LOL (Laughing Out Loud!)