tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post2804625102825363875..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: "Don't sound like an agent"Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-54109309930671511992019-10-02T14:32:28.104-04:002019-10-02T14:32:28.104-04:00Oh, don't sound like an agent! No, I won't...Oh, don't sound like an agent! No, I won't (hopefully!) - how dare I ;).<br /><br />Last night, I finished editing a video for my little YouTube channel. On YouTube, there is a relatively new community, called AuthorTube/BookTube. People make videos on all sorts of things - writing tips/errors, reviewing books, and... YES... going on about other authors in that community and what they do (right and wrong).<br /><br />In my last video, I'm reviewing a book (um, the one I recently mentioned here on the blog that seemed to have 'broken' a few writing rules). I explain what I think is 'correct' and what 'isn't'. But WHAT does actually give me the qualification to do so??<br />I haven't got ANY.<br /><br />But, because we should have a platform, I've got to fill it with something. So I have tried to speak in the way "What *I* have learned about writing..."<br />I do not want to sound like an agent, nor a publisher/editor/etc. I don't want to brag even though I have to 'sell' myself.<br />It's tough. And it comes across in the way I talk - meekly, slowly (okay, this is because I constantly try NOT to mess up with the English grammar... but then I DO ;) ).<br /><br />There are LOTS of confident women out there on AuthorTube. Seemingly knowing everything about writing. Sounding like agents... err professionals. Telling you the rules number 1, 2, 3 to do and what not to do. Then I read the reviews of their (self-)published books. Crap. Lots of them crap, with people saying "they've not followed anything of their own advice, they sounded like they knew".<br /><br />I don't want to get feedback like that. I still haven't uploaded that video I finished last night...Katjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06393775907417257099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-16786701620316458082019-10-02T12:31:25.245-04:002019-10-02T12:31:25.245-04:00I'm guessing this mainly applies to nefarious ...I'm guessing this mainly applies to nefarious people trying to sound like something they're not, and on purpose. My guess is that OP doesn't have to worry. <br /><br />Ooh, <b>Fearless Reider</b> - with those little white candies shaped like bones they sell around Halloween, mixed into the batter! <br /><br /><br /><br />Lennon Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570629350169504234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-57241590403289032822019-10-02T10:23:00.348-04:002019-10-02T10:23:00.348-04:00Do they want the cover letter to be more like a sh...Do they want the cover letter to be more like a short story cover letter, ostensibly letting the story stand on its own vs. a full-on query letter, with all of its fraught and blurb-y glory? That's the only way I can make that requirement make sense, and would actually be kind of a relief. Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-63359022324075433352019-10-02T09:31:28.084-04:002019-10-02T09:31:28.084-04:00From now on, I’m writing all my queries in the thi...From now on, I’m writing all my queries in the third person as rave reviews. Isn’t that what Janet said?<br /><br />If that cake isn’t blood-red velvet inside, I’ll be sorely disappointed.Fearless Reiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14380936599156619260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-55178573550715041702019-10-02T09:25:31.856-04:002019-10-02T09:25:31.856-04:00oooo. A party? I'm there. I'll bring the w...oooo. A party? I'm there. I'll bring the whisky. Hm...perhaps a coffee bar with barista is better for the morning. Lisa Bodenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809067722921953857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-6258439161160718292019-10-02T08:48:27.600-04:002019-10-02T08:48:27.600-04:00I'm in! I'll get right on decorating. Shar...I'm in! I'll get right on decorating. Shark theme!Amy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05324408700941398495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-22226479843231829682019-10-02T08:25:21.314-04:002019-10-02T08:25:21.314-04:00Omg! Let's have a party and eat that cake. I w...Omg! Let's have a party and eat that cake. I want a slice right now!LynnRodzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796099106913990163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-5801653069173480582019-10-02T07:29:21.136-04:002019-10-02T07:29:21.136-04:00I want cake. I want that cake.I want cake. I want that cake.E.M. Goldsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387494005655553037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-53649846307062583572019-10-02T07:27:21.394-04:002019-10-02T07:27:21.394-04:00What a way cool, sharky cake! Love it!What a way cool, sharky cake! Love it!Amy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05324408700941398495noreply@blogger.com