tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post113639589771093042..comments2023-10-31T11:37:50.028-04:00Comments on on life & other inconveniences: The publisher-agent sagaSandra Ruttanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1136546552305816132006-01-06T06:22:00.000-05:002006-01-06T06:22:00.000-05:00Or the shock that comes from the lack of badgers i...Or the shock that comes from the lack of badgers in the photo on the back.<BR/><BR/>Which means I must be hiding them elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Mmm... wriggly...John Rickardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01229977761672883485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1136506383028811852006-01-05T19:13:00.000-05:002006-01-05T19:13:00.000-05:00I don't think I could tell an agent I met socially...I don't think I could tell an agent I met socially about a novel I was writing. It would be like meeting a doctor socially and telling him all your symptoms.<BR/><BR/>KateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1136489956180001832006-01-05T14:39:00.000-05:002006-01-05T14:39:00.000-05:00We're talking about contracts here, not his books!...We're talking about contracts here, not his books!<BR/><BR/>Can you imagine being beaten to death with a copy of Winter's End? Or would it be the shock of opening up to the back jacket and seeing the photo?Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1136489496780845082006-01-05T14:31:00.000-05:002006-01-05T14:31:00.000-05:00You need to talk to John about badgering someone t...You need to talk to John about badgering someone to death...JamesOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332376784689207703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1136465082887035522006-01-05T07:44:00.000-05:002006-01-05T07:44:00.000-05:00You know James, I think somewhere the karmic gods ...You know James, I think somewhere the karmic gods are smiling on you for having that much class.<BR/><BR/>I just could never be a name-dropper, you know? Walk up to Agent X and say, "I know your client Y and I have a book for you." I think it's hard to know what to do in those situations, but I just can't push, you know? If I'm going to get an agent or a publisher, it'll not likely be from me badgering them to death.<BR/><BR/>Unless they're the subject of a plot for a book...Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1136455117415022052006-01-05T04:58:00.000-05:002006-01-05T04:58:00.000-05:00I know exactly what you mean, Sandra. I went to St...I know exactly what you mean, Sandra. I went to Stuart's book lauch, met Agent Phil and then went to a swish restaurant (which then poisoned me) with Jane Johnson and some others from Harper Collins (and a couple of other reprobates I can't remember). A little voice in the back of my head was screaming at me -'pitch your novel' as I chatted with Jane about climbing, Morocco and other unliterary things, but I couldn't do it. It was Stuart's day and I was glad just to have been introduced to his publisher. Hopefully she'll think the better of me when my novel finally does appear in front of her.<BR/><BR/>Alternatively, I could just be showing predictable British reserve, and I might have missed a golden opportunity. Who knows?<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, Stuart did bully Agent Phil into reading some of my stuff, which was extremely useful.JamesOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332376784689207703noreply@blogger.com