Sunday, August 01, 2010

I'm filing you under P for Perplexing

1. You're not an "emerging writer" if you've never been published.

2. I am not a "prospective agent."

3. When you put "Represented by: (your name)" I'm confident you don't know enough to be querying.

4. Anonymous references are (1) an oxymoron and (2) make me confident you don't know enough to be querying.
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9 comments:

  1. Laurel8/1/10, 9:29 PM

    Someone has spent too much of their weekend with work slush and not enough with the adult beverage kind.

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  2. Creepy Query Girl8/2/10, 5:03 AM

    awe. 'emerging writer'- sounds like a butterfly breaking out of its cacoon. Represented by: creepy query girl:)

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  3. Ricky Bush8/2/10, 1:48 PM

    How about...being a prospective (or prospecting) writer emerging from the depths of the query pile.

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  4. Kristin Laughtin8/2/10, 2:22 PM

    Anonymous references? I'm wondering what exactly they put. Quotes about their work without attributing them to anyone? "References available upon request"? Or something worse?

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  5. Mary Arrrr8/2/10, 2:41 PM

    When I read "emerging writer," all I could think about was ALIEN.

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  6. Loretta Ross8/2/10, 2:51 PM

    Well, I'm certainly not an "emerging writer"! The heat index is 115 today and I'm in an air conditioned room. No way in hell am I emerging!

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  7. Jane Lebak8/2/10, 3:12 PM

    Dear Emerging Agent:

    While you're prospecting for new writers, I just wanted you to know someone referred me to you, so I'd like to represent myself to you as an emerging client.

    Love,
    Philangelus

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  8. Carolynnwith2Ns8/2/10, 4:47 PM

    Oxymoron - isn't that the guy who advertised clothes detergent, and died because he inhaled too much of his oxy-white stuff?

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  9. Fanfreakingtastic Flower8/3/10, 12:20 PM

    Here in the South we'd say, "bless his/her heart."

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