tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post327370906885947446..comments2024-03-29T07:29:32.276-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Questions from the comment sectionJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-84845659760274269752019-05-20T21:03:16.402-04:002019-05-20T21:03:16.402-04:00Thank you for answering my question, Janet!Thank you for answering my question, Janet!CEDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10411394450673673225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-8560099804887731642019-05-20T13:41:15.245-04:002019-05-20T13:41:15.245-04:00The Noise in Space I imagine depending on the awar...<b>The Noise in Space</b> I imagine depending on the award (industry relevant, a Big Deal™, etc) it might very well be persistently relevant. Like, a 1997 Nebula award is always going to be a jewel in your crown. Winning a writing contest at a community college when you were 10 less so (even if the judge was Walter Farley's brother! Unless you write horse books, I guess?)<br /><br />Though hopefully Janet will weigh in and my speculation is unnecessary! <br /><br />(Walter Farley's brother was really nice though)<br /><br />You know, that's an upside to Literary Agenting that I hadn't before considered. You in theory have the ability to read EVERYTHING a client is reading, so you don't have to guess if Felix Buttonweezer has a new short story, or a novel in the works, or whatever. You get it in your hot little hands!Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-77438336953796212082019-05-20T07:48:38.904-04:002019-05-20T07:48:38.904-04:00Oh hell yes.
I like to have my long pointy nose in...Oh hell yes.<br />I like to have my long pointy nose in ALL the work.Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-50271692593067637002019-05-20T07:48:10.947-04:002019-05-20T07:48:10.947-04:00Actually, that last line on the first answer does ...Actually, that last line on the first answer does spark another question for me: at what point do awards become too old to be relevant?<br /><br />I'm currently stuck in the querying trenches, and it's been a bit of a slog. (For those in the Facebook group, this is the one that a great many of you read and even more helped with the query letter for.) It's not even the rejections I mind so much--it's the radio silence. Only a quarter of my queries have actually received any reply at all. :/ But I just sent out another round last night, including one to an agent at Janet's own agency, so we'll see. Maybe the coworkers of a shark will like the piece a little better! The Noise In Spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13433798159445551782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-22455519983283303282019-05-20T07:37:30.686-04:002019-05-20T07:37:30.686-04:00Janet: Is it true to say, however, that if a clien...Janet: Is it true to say, however, that if a client wanted you to run an editorial eye over a freebie before submitting it to said charity anthology, you would do that, even though neither of you are getting any money for it? I base this thought on the notion that part of your job is to protect the client, sometimes from themselves. Which includes warning them if something they make publicly available might unwittingly hurt their career or damage their reputation...?Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.com