tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post4761394507448588489..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: How Great Thou ArtWriter, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-32585712341324340682010-04-07T17:24:00.192-04:002010-04-07T17:24:00.192-04:00The little one on the left is mad because the big ...The little one on the left is mad because the big one on the right is touching his butt again, but the big on never calls the next day. Is this an analogy for agents? If only we knew what was happening on the far left, then everything would be revealed and no one would get rejected again.i wear tan pants only on sundaysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-32555911819201781982010-04-02T21:55:31.741-04:002010-04-02T21:55:31.741-04:00Hey - honestly want to applaud your efforts to rem...Hey - honestly want to applaud your efforts to remind people that excessive praise is not a route to agentdom or publication. Not only is it creepy, it's a really bad strategy. Professionalism wins.<br /><br />As anyone who has a blog knows, you only have so much control over the comment section, and I'd hesitate to judge someone based on what their comments section is saying. People have different agendas than the blogger. Luckily for those who think blagents walk through tulips every morning, I am reminded every day of my weaknesses and limitations. It's a tough business and we're all doing the best we can.Nathan Bransfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938449789819847825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-63466088684646657892010-04-02T16:53:03.512-04:002010-04-02T16:53:03.512-04:00I don't think this is necessarily the place to...<i>I don't think this is necessarily the place to lay into people who are trying to find an agent.</i><br /><br />I don't think anyone is disparaging anyone else merely for trying to find an agent. We're just making fun of people who try to do it through blattery. These people should be made fun of somewhere, lord knows the receiving blagents aren't going to deliver reality checks on their blogs.<br /><br />(heaven help me, my word verification is aborshick.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-52490205964817208062010-04-02T12:26:07.827-04:002010-04-02T12:26:07.827-04:00Blagent is a good word. I call those forums The La...Blagent is a good word. I call those forums The Land of Nod. Even when agents are needlessly mean, there is a whole lot of wanton adulation and furious nodding going on. It's great to agree. Be a fan, even. But sometimes there's slobber. <br /><br />NB once complained that there was sometimes too much negativity toward some of his opinions. "Really?" I said. "How much love can one man stand? It's a lovefest almost 24/7/365 and twice on Sundays over there."Chazznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-5730841736806775172010-04-02T09:20:05.558-04:002010-04-02T09:20:05.558-04:00Sounds like you had your own experience with flatt...Sounds like you had your own experience with flattering of an agent for nought. No wonder it makes you sad.heynonnynonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-81690175399189062722010-04-01T23:09:16.247-04:002010-04-01T23:09:16.247-04:00Dude is not my best friend, though I did read her ...Dude is not my best friend, though I did read her memoir on my Kindle, FOOD & LOATHING. It had an impact, I must say, and I had her in mind as more a writer than an agent. Anyway, I wrote to tell her what I thought of the book and to thank her for sending a hard copy to me, which was pretty nice and totally unnecessary, and to chat kind of writer to writer about whatever...shooting the shit, blogger to blogger, or whatever. But she being an agent first and foremost did what agents always do to me (no, at least she didn't quit the business like the last two): she didn't write back. This cracks me up. It seems I always have to be in the same position with an agent, even when they are not my agent. I want to be friendly; they want to be not anything. Funny. When will I learn?Writer, Rejectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-34624994123787411922010-04-01T21:54:50.420-04:002010-04-01T21:54:50.420-04:00Eh. I read those blogs, usually don't comment,...Eh. I read those blogs, usually don't comment, usually don't read the other comments unless I do (and have never queried any of those agents). In my opinion, those agents provide a valuable service in helping wanna-be authors like me get a clue. If some wanna-be authors act kind of desperate in the comments, it's probably because they are. I highly doubt it gets them anywhere so ultimately it's harmless.Lt. Cccyxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421346964929818151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-13268146404433617812010-04-01T21:39:50.148-04:002010-04-01T21:39:50.148-04:00I don't think this is necessarily the place to...I don't think this is necessarily the place to lay into people who are trying to find an agent. Though as a rule of thumb I'd suggest not approaching any blagent: they're too desperately chasing the 'market', frantically second-guessing phantoms all the time. In fact, it seems best to avoid any agent who talks too much, either on their website or on their blog. If the submissions instructions are longer than 25 words, I'd say avoid, avoid, avoid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-1329588318943585312010-04-01T20:43:56.921-04:002010-04-01T20:43:56.921-04:00WOW:
Good creations.WOW:<br />Good creations.SKIZOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11951183335808888703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-179363085006540382010-04-01T19:58:04.899-04:002010-04-01T19:58:04.899-04:00Blagent commentards are crazy and desperate. In t...Blagent commentards are crazy and desperate. In their cover letters they include their handles and a list of all the blagent blogs they comment on. In their dreams they fantasize about blagents parsing their comments as meticulously as some commenters here parse form rejections. They believe that e-flattery will get them everywhere. <br /><br />I know this for a fact, because I interned for a non-blogging agent and read queries from people who identified themselves as blagent commenters. Hey I commented on your colleague's blog so that makes us blood brothers 4 life. omg wtf.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-55392253949231307142010-04-01T18:50:30.312-04:002010-04-01T18:50:30.312-04:00Hmmm...I think you're on to something, Anon 6:...Hmmm...I think you're on to something, Anon 6:19 pm. Betsy Lerner (W,R's best friend now if she takes Jacob Appel as a client) also has a book about writing. That's convenient. What about the others?<br />Is Janet Reid writing a book? Is Rachel Gardner? Who else out there?heynonnynonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-46986210002901504652010-04-01T18:20:17.051-04:002010-04-01T18:20:17.051-04:00Um, Nathan Bransford has a book coming out. The m...Um, Nathan Bransford has a book coming out. The more followers he has, the more aspiring writers want to win his favor...the more books he sells. <br /><br />What is the first thing blogging agents tell you? Have a platform. Have a built in book buying audience. But don't blog about your writing. Make the reader feel like he's getting something of value from your blog. <br /><br />Too clever by half on the part of Mr. Bransford? Maybe, if his audience weren't largely desperate writers dying to break in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-26382263519422377842010-04-01T18:19:12.527-04:002010-04-01T18:19:12.527-04:00Um, Nathan Bransford has a book coming out. The m...Um, Nathan Bransford has a book coming out. The more followers he has, the more aspiring writers want to win his favor...the more books he sells. Just sayin'.<br /><br />What is the first thing blogging agents tell you? Have a platform. Have a built in book buying audience. But don't blog about your writing. Make the reader feel like he's getting something of value from your blog. <br /><br />Bingo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-40928391747265318102010-04-01T18:15:30.043-04:002010-04-01T18:15:30.043-04:00Are they successful? I would think that top agent...Are they successful? I would think that top agents wouldn't have (1) the time or (2) the patience for dealing with comments from wannabe writers. So I always assumed they did this to get business and exposure because, well, they need business and exposure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com