tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post4263302619654203691..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: The hell with Elvis, Christmas Spirit has now left the buildingJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-39842341866132137122010-12-29T06:50:10.137-05:002010-12-29T06:50:10.137-05:00Hmm... That link (to how to send a query) is broke...Hmm... That link (to how to send a query) is broken. That's the second time I've run across that link and it's been broken... Why do I have a feeling that's exactly the post I've been looking for??? :PLainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00134705793566699951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-47613827674027462052009-12-30T15:25:39.058-05:002009-12-30T15:25:39.058-05:00Good post. Thanks. The would-be golfer who wanders...Good post. Thanks. The would-be golfer who wanders onto the course with a borrowed five-iron and a found Titleist is highly unlikely to even hit the fairway, much less make a hole-in-one.Richard Mabryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993592219849830777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-1872987430804469212009-12-30T14:36:32.597-05:002009-12-30T14:36:32.597-05:00Janet, I feel your pain.
I got so very irritated ...Janet, I feel your pain.<br /><br />I got so very irritated by people not understanding how publishing works, and yet insisting they knew how to game it, that I began my blog, How Publishing Really Works. It's helped a few people: but some turn up and argue with me every week, and while I'm happy to be given the opportunity to correct my own mistakes I reel when people who have been writing for a few weeks and know nothing about publishing tell me I've got things wrong. I watch them digging themselves in deeper with every keystroke, and know they have a long road ahead of them. Thank goodness for bloggers like you, who try to educate us all.Jane Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411253302725735470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-19940903122766808062009-12-30T14:29:21.100-05:002009-12-30T14:29:21.100-05:00Gosh it amazes me that some people still don't...Gosh it amazes me that some people still don't know the protcol for agent hunting. Even before I knew <i>anything</i> I knew if I wanted to be taken seriously as an author I needed to be a serious author and that included learning as much as I could about publishing. <br /><br />Granted, I'll never really know everything I need to know, but at least I'm going in with eyes wide open and low expectations. hah<br /><br />Ms. Reid, I'm looking forward to meeting you at the Desert Rose conference in April. Since I don't have an appointment with you I won't feel so intimidated. LOL (kidding)<br />Happy New Year!Terri Molinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684929235647584445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-69072917078203298472009-12-29T20:01:07.273-05:002009-12-29T20:01:07.273-05:00Janet: "Would you show up at an NFL training ...Janet: "Would you show up at an NFL training camp and tell the coach you're not really sure how the game is played but could he watch and see if you're any good?"<br /><br />yes.<br /><br />Janet: "Would you show up at an audition for America's Next Top Chef and mention you're not really sure about the difference between bake, broil, simmer, and sautee, but you'd still like to cook for them."<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />Janet: "Would you audition for the New York Ballet and mention you aren't really sure what this whole five positions thing is but could they watch and see if you do it right?"<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />Janet: "Well, you certainly can of course, but it pretty much means you won't be taken seriously."<br /><br />Yes. Now I know why I am not a gourmet football player who wears ballet shoes on the gridiron.Steve Stubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10051363877066768708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-35368639855755537232009-12-28T14:54:38.380-05:002009-12-28T14:54:38.380-05:00Amen! In fact, if one even googled a single one of...Amen! In fact, if one even googled a single one of those, they'd get sucked into more information than they could possibly digest. Starting even with Miss Snark (which was the first site I found when I searched) one could spend months just researching how to do it right. <br /><br />And with any common sense, they would.Heidi Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420802651029097379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-25649685085360588292009-12-27T21:16:06.813-05:002009-12-27T21:16:06.813-05:00"Would you show up at an audition for America..."Would you show up at an audition for America's Next Top Chef and mention you're not really sure about the difference between bake, broil, simmer, and sautee, but you'd still like to cook for them?"<br /><br />Hell no. I'd fake it with a huge smile.Dale Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136056378495563856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-27792210245814071152009-12-27T16:32:46.597-05:002009-12-27T16:32:46.597-05:00Keep tellin' it like it is! Maybe if fewer peo...Keep tellin' it like it is! Maybe if fewer people wasted your time (and other agents)... you'd all have time for the serious (and well prepared) authors who deserve to be considered.<br /><br />My two cents.<br /><br />Keep it up in 2010!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12171458332398599849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-13270433174512027022009-12-27T07:08:37.272-05:002009-12-27T07:08:37.272-05:00People actually write, "I don't know how ...People actually write, "I don't know how all this works, but..." ??? REALLY? Oh my. I do not envy your job.Tabitha Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196816108272065974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-44215230685820190172009-12-27T01:33:47.098-05:002009-12-27T01:33:47.098-05:00I absolutely could not do your job...I absolutely could not do your job...Kristi Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17527544253341529009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-29567106848683558592009-12-27T00:24:20.291-05:002009-12-27T00:24:20.291-05:00"I'm not sure how this works . . ."
...<i>"I'm not sure how this works . . ."</i><br /><br />Hey! That's how I hooked up my electricity! And I only had two small explosions and neither of them actually caught anything on fire. Let's not kill the spirit of experimentation!Loretta Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02253542701930736398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-26649742045983125492009-12-26T23:10:12.563-05:002009-12-26T23:10:12.563-05:00Clearly these people aren't reading your blog....Clearly these people aren't reading your blog...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12294516011395206412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-81826219296495551142009-12-26T22:11:50.029-05:002009-12-26T22:11:50.029-05:00As always, thank you for continuing to share advic...As always, thank you for continuing to share advice, even when it's redundant advice! ;)Jessica L. Brooks (coffeelvnmom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17524862571932528710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-31468571698137734772009-12-26T18:31:52.881-05:002009-12-26T18:31:52.881-05:00I am grateful for all of the information you share...I am grateful for all of the information you share.Ronda Laveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902846545309643023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-6299739674710482412009-12-26T18:17:13.644-05:002009-12-26T18:17:13.644-05:00Too bad not everyone has met The Shark...Too bad not everyone has met The Shark...Kristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843060336452856402noreply@blogger.com