tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post7280880594846264102..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: How to find out if your agent is an idiot-part deuxJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-69392629904075157972011-01-16T12:49:09.939-05:002011-01-16T12:49:09.939-05:00Wow, thanks for the tip! I wouldn't think to a...Wow, thanks for the tip! I wouldn't think to ask that kind of information. I tend to ask too many questions as it is...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-6531405104853832532011-01-05T21:14:10.546-05:002011-01-05T21:14:10.546-05:00Thank you! Thank you! Fantastic insight that is ho...Thank you! Thank you! Fantastic insight that is honest and to the point!AKATerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13309036158842674456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-4958720130598220452011-01-05T00:48:19.076-05:002011-01-05T00:48:19.076-05:00I feel bad for that writer, but the agent needs a ...I feel bad for that writer, but the agent needs a bitch slap! ;)Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-58796806877987555432011-01-04T21:01:12.148-05:002011-01-04T21:01:12.148-05:00Wow!
I actually had a friend writer who had foun...Wow! <br /><br />I actually had a friend writer who had found an agent about six months earlier, an agent who was sending out his manuscript. He shared his manuscript with me, and the first page alone contained nine grammatical errors. <br /><br />I immediately checked P & E and found his "agent's" firm on the bad list... <br /><br />Desperation makes writers trust too much, even when their misgivings are entirely valid.Dr. Cheryl Carvajalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323455180953109460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-65513649216284813202011-01-04T20:24:37.076-05:002011-01-04T20:24:37.076-05:00God bless you for your candor...and thanks.God bless you for your candor...and thanks.June Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08570382577796763370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-35172759696041809152011-01-04T19:48:39.805-05:002011-01-04T19:48:39.805-05:00Wow -- I knew that multiple editors at the same ho...Wow -- I knew that multiple editors at the same house shouldn't be shopped (much like multiple agents at the same firm), but it never occurred to me that I needed to make sure my agent wasn't committing that kind of mistake.<br /><br />Thanks!Melissa Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560125503655770461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-88863396178558525732011-01-04T19:45:09.274-05:002011-01-04T19:45:09.274-05:00Not that I can possibly say it better or with more...Not that I can possibly say it better or with more authority than the awesome Ms. Reid, but my agent regards me as very strange indeed for specifically telling him I *don't* want to know where he's sending my work. It's usually information he gives--and expects to give--his clients pretty much as a matter of course; he'll double- and triple-check with me to make sure I really don't want to know. All of my friends with whom I've discussed it get lists from their agents when submissions start, too. There's often an agent/writer conversation about it.<br /><br />So yeah, this is totally information agents expect to give their clients, at least afaik.<br /><br />(Yes, I trust him and know he's an incredible agent.)<br /><br />(I know myself too well, ha. If I knew who had it I would spend all my time internet stalking them, any of their authors, googling them and reading whatever I could find over and over again. Seriously. Better I not know; I can put it out of my mind then. But that's just me.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-86545838329372671302011-01-04T19:42:00.506-05:002011-01-04T19:42:00.506-05:00This lends new meaning to the old phrase, "ne...This lends new meaning to the old phrase, "never assume anything."ryan fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361694356025572544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-7893651183166789512011-01-04T19:40:50.938-05:002011-01-04T19:40:50.938-05:00Do you suppose there's any correlation between...Do you suppose there's any correlation between the heinousness of the book and the cluelessness of the agent?Daisy Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031425541717458261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-76575980997593633242011-01-04T19:38:53.403-05:002011-01-04T19:38:53.403-05:00Always a good reminder that one should not have a ...Always a good reminder that one should not have a boob as a business partner. <br /><br />I am so lucky to be with the divine Rachel Vater at Folio and so thankful she is as clever as she is sweet. Plus she has some great sharky tendencies.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07967828178034612278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-32147426348371648362011-01-04T19:37:37.505-05:002011-01-04T19:37:37.505-05:00This sounds like the sort of thing that happens wh...This sounds like the sort of thing that happens when someone's mom decides to be their agent and does crazy things with the best of intentions.<br /><br />I feel sorry for that writer :-(Josin L. McQueinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05751043333147850336noreply@blogger.com