tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post7169924021590733988..comments2024-03-29T07:29:32.276-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: I'm just not that into me, eitherJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-8760184617671951022009-03-20T10:37:00.000-04:002009-03-20T10:37:00.000-04:00"your job as an agent"...It grates on my next to l...<B>"your job as an agent"...It grates on my next to last nerve. </B><BR/>Only to be seconded by "I want you to publish my work." Total WTF moment where I tell my secretary, the unreliable beagle, "Yah, I'll get right on it." <BR/><BR/>Not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-44824668694784515992009-03-20T00:15:00.000-04:002009-03-20T00:15:00.000-04:00The comment about divinity should not have been re...The comment about divinity should not have been read whilst drinking iced tea. ;)Cardinalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813528630761770150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-30227717329406004432009-03-19T21:13:00.000-04:002009-03-19T21:13:00.000-04:00WARNING!...Janet's next to last nerve is in her tr...WARNING!...<BR/><BR/>Janet's next to last nerve is in her trigger finger!<BR/><BR/>Haste yee back ;-)Haste yee back ;-)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00345715370509449971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-82663100194493284322009-03-19T13:49:00.000-04:002009-03-19T13:49:00.000-04:00Nobody really knows what my job entails, either, a...Nobody really knows what my job entails, either, and I'd find it highly amusing if someone tried to tell me my job description! (Other than my boss, of course1)<BR/><BR/>Oh, wait, they do, and it is amusing!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17969794644668994847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-68159241539732447482009-03-19T11:26:00.000-04:002009-03-19T11:26:00.000-04:00I love this comment, so much. :)I love this comment, so much. :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09534552292410355497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-57624786839640271352009-03-19T10:56:00.000-04:002009-03-19T10:56:00.000-04:00so... your job as an agent is to hear all about ME...so... your job as an agent is to hear all about ME. Woohoo! I KNEW I was at the center of world rotation!SWILUAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14676123927004595983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-33785525530492437422009-03-19T08:00:00.000-04:002009-03-19T08:00:00.000-04:00Thanks for the daily laugh. Keep snarling, we get ...Thanks for the daily laugh. Keep snarling, we get it.Joan Morahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152990243138876941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-29139095116942327922009-03-19T06:58:00.000-04:002009-03-19T06:58:00.000-04:00Your venting made me totally laugh. I think I lau...Your venting made me totally laugh. I think I laughed even more when I read some of the comments....do people forget you are human?Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05090687138872179144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-86530076875206806882009-03-19T03:15:00.000-04:002009-03-19T03:15:00.000-04:00Don't worry Tara, we all make mistakes. I could've...Don't worry Tara, we all make mistakes. I could've been on #queryfail many times over when I started. Heck, I still might make it with a blunder this week. :)Sarah Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18385403676603047861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-24100418627245640762009-03-19T00:43:00.000-04:002009-03-19T00:43:00.000-04:00Newbies don't know what to say, so they flounder. ...Newbies don't know what to say, so they flounder. I wrote my first query letter straight out of high school and had never had a professional job; I had no idea how to write a professional letter in <I>any</I> context. I wrote a query letter the way I would have written to a relative or friend or imaginary friend. I even illustrated it.<BR/><BR/>I no longer illustrate my query letters.Tara Mayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095632631554776002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-57265624987825113492009-03-19T00:15:00.000-04:002009-03-19T00:15:00.000-04:00I love that you are so humble, oh wait...this wasn...I love that you are so humble, oh wait...this wasn't about you and your fabulosity.<BR/><BR/>I'm just saying...love the spin you put on the wonderful world of publishing and agenting.Kimbra Kaschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955657301998255029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-39142555241512663632009-03-18T23:38:00.000-04:002009-03-18T23:38:00.000-04:00Thanks for the laughs. Your job as an agent is awe...Thanks for the laughs. Your job as an agent is awe-inspiring and complex. Neurosurgeons and commercial airline pilots have got nothing on you.;-)Debra Lynn Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238268767406623274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-45512625458055551382009-03-18T23:29:00.000-04:002009-03-18T23:29:00.000-04:00Completely rhetorical question- why would your job...Completely rhetorical question- why would your job need to be explained? <BR/><BR/>If the 'querier' thought you didn't understand it or needed clarification then why bother contacting this supposedly ignorant individual? <BR/><BR/>This is a strange little ball of water and goo we all live on... strange world indeed.<BR/><BR/>Oh well. <BR/><BR/>-CCNUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07465712338087624687noreply@blogger.com