tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post6153646320678687812..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Question: No personalization allowedJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-67147936388491802242013-11-06T13:21:57.373-05:002013-11-06T13:21:57.373-05:00SPAM ALERT - that Jhon Lockar dude is bogus.
Othe...SPAM ALERT - that Jhon Lockar dude is bogus.<br /><br />Otherwise, LMAO at "AuctionThisMofo's." I can always count on coming here for a chuckle or two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-26215403980458897972013-11-06T10:28:06.274-05:002013-11-06T10:28:06.274-05:00you are really a good webmaster. The site loading ...you are really a good webmaster. The site loading speed is amazing. It seems that youre doing any unique trick. Also, The contents are masterwork. you have done a wonderful job on this topic!<br /><br /><a href="http://shareclear.net/tag/cardsharing-server/" rel="nofollow">Cardsharing Server</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619013137985445005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-47305030111066994642013-11-06T10:27:27.695-05:002013-11-06T10:27:27.695-05:00I love the Question Emporium. The answers remind m...I love the Question Emporium. The answers remind me of those I give my legal clients.<br /><br />Q: When I'm on probation, can I (insert questionable activity?)<br /><br />A: Ask your PO. When you walk through that door, you become the property of your PO, as surely as if you were in stripes and cuffs. If you PO says "stand on one foot and quack like a duck," your only response is "left foot or right?<br /><br />So, it seems if I substitute "agent" for "PO," this advice applies here as well. <br /><br />TerriTerri Lynn Coophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-14747394008034924862013-11-06T10:06:18.223-05:002013-11-06T10:06:18.223-05:00Most of the agencies that do it that way have an a...Most of the agencies that do it that way have an assistant that runs interference. The assistant separates the wheat from the chaff and decides what agent gets to see what.<br /><br />This doesn't mean that the assistants are inhuman and don't at times feel small. They are capable of occasional fairy godmother flourishes. One of them turned me on to query shark and thence to here.<br /><br />Just because it seems impersonal does not mean that it is inhuman. The agents that created that slave labor position are less human than the assistant. Be nice. Craig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-57018878832351964172013-11-06T09:25:18.110-05:002013-11-06T09:25:18.110-05:00If they tell you "don't do it," why ...If they tell you "don't do it," why would you do it? All it does is show the publisher you can't follow directions. Don't give people a reason to reject you before they've even looked at your work.John "Ol' Chumbucket" Baurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17120550659339089195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-39063252284264452642013-11-06T08:25:20.245-05:002013-11-06T08:25:20.245-05:00By personalize I mean "address it to one spec...By personalize I mean "address it to one specific agent as opposed to the whole agency." Not necessarily personalizing it with reasons why I'm querying that person, though maybe that too.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04689373417721793727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-29153839413990066242013-11-06T08:23:31.001-05:002013-11-06T08:23:31.001-05:00This is a great question, and one I've been th...This is a great question, and one I've been thinking about for awhile. One agency I'm eyeing has a form on their website for sending queries, and I've been trying to figure out if that means I should personalize it or not. Some of my writer friends say yes, and others worry that doing so will insult the other agents and shut me out of potential opportunities with them. But this answer has me leaning more towards personalizing it to the agent I think would be the best fit.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04689373417721793727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-79445865363950189042013-11-06T08:09:04.619-05:002013-11-06T08:09:04.619-05:00I think you just wrote the next draft of my new qu...I think you just wrote the next draft of my new query letter. Reminds me a bit of the exchange from "Idiocracy" - "You like money, too. We should hang out."Steve Fortihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00600586774875484954noreply@blogger.com