tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post8345762533698917508..comments2023-07-03T07:26:04.780-04:00Comments on The Rejecter: Annoying Clients: Don't Be One.The Rejecterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087643296072075641noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-64293945317484753392007-09-28T00:42:00.000-04:002007-09-28T00:42:00.000-04:00No, I don't think. I don't believe there is any e...No, I don't think. I don't believe there is any excuse for that kind of behavior. I don't care how successful anyone is, no one has the right to act like a two year old - unless of course, you are a two year old. Even then, I'd leave you on the floor to kick and scream and get over yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-3311341228076718492007-05-22T15:02:00.000-04:002007-05-22T15:02:00.000-04:00If someone in any business is providing 99% of you...If someone in any business is providing 99% of your income, you need to know what his favorite fruit, meat, bread, color, car, actor, computer game, ... is. Don't ya think!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-20317764608978050182007-05-17T19:09:00.000-04:002007-05-17T19:09:00.000-04:00...a publisher doesn't want you unless you're repr...<I>...a publisher doesn't want you unless you're represented by an agent, who doesn't want you unless you have literally knocked their socks off with the query letter to end all query letters...</I><BR/><BR/>Ah, I see your problem. Agents get really, really angry when you <I>literally</I> knock their socks off. It's painful and it exposes their bunions for all to see.Michael Carr - Veritas Literaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017030835398885411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-76581456897492128142007-05-11T16:53:00.000-04:002007-05-11T16:53:00.000-04:00The bestseller who thinks too much of himself. Thi...<I>The bestseller who thinks too much of himself. This guy will call us to complain about how he didn't like the fruit on his party platter at the post-signing launch dinner for his third book. </I><BR/><BR/>Sheesh. Who are these authors who get their publishers to throw "post-signing launch dinners" for them? I've had several books hit the NYT list and my publisher won't even spring for pizza.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-13952202018502492612007-05-07T10:57:00.000-04:002007-05-07T10:57:00.000-04:00I'd like to know how anyone can get a book publish...I'd like to know how anyone can get a book published without an agent. I've been doing this (trying to, that is) for more than 30 years and I don't know of ANY publisher who will read an unsolicited manuscript. The field, as I see it, is set up like this: a publisher doesn't want you unless you're represented by an agent, who doesn't want you unless you have literally knocked their socks off with the query letter to end all query letters, and if the query letter doesn't turn their crank, you're stuck out in the cold. You may have the next Catcher in the Rye resting comfortably in your filing cabinet for the rest of your life, but unless you nail the publishing world with that perfect query letter, you're just another rank amateur no one cares about.<BR/>Did I get it right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-62997041451111898702007-05-01T12:54:00.000-04:002007-05-01T12:54:00.000-04:00Oh folks, keep the faith! I'm a nobody from nowher...Oh folks, keep the faith! I'm a nobody from nowhere and I got a terrific NY agent - with gen-yoo-ine sales with major houses and all the bells and whistles one hopes for in an agent for my first novel. It is possible. I keep pinching myself. Keep at it! :)Kim Rossi Staglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687828526726281119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-21875353351347174512007-04-30T20:23:00.000-04:002007-04-30T20:23:00.000-04:00I don't know about anonymous, but I do know of a w...I don't know about anonymous, but I do know of a writer who had a contract in hand with a small indie publisher (with a small advance offered). She contacted two agents, one of whom passed her to someone else...but the basic answer was, "too small a deal." <BR/><BR/>I thought that was sad. Isn't it possible that the next deal would be better??? Especially with an agent???Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234907275906877802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-26991200477550007032007-04-30T16:15:00.000-04:002007-04-30T16:15:00.000-04:00I think anon meant over 20 copies... of his self-p...I think anon meant over 20 <I>copies</I>... of his self-published memoir written from the POV of his lucky fountain pen.Blogless Trollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983848259551488867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-11783929746872730932007-04-30T01:12:00.000-04:002007-04-30T01:12:00.000-04:00I still want to hear Anonymous's precise definitio...I still want to hear Anonymous's precise definition of "sold over 20 books on your own." <BR/><BR/>I don't know many agents who wouldn't pick up the phone if someone queried and said, "I'm a published writer and I'm standing here with a 30K book contract with Simon and Schuster for book 21. Want to help me negotiate the contract?" <BR/><BR/>That's a free paycheck right there. The only reason said agent would say no is if the book was totally out of their area of interest. Then the writer could move on to the next agent, who did like the genre, and would have to be crazy to say no.The Rejecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09087643296072075641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-33278542963497440372007-04-30T01:02:00.000-04:002007-04-30T01:02:00.000-04:00Rejecter, there are many writers out there like an...Rejecter, there are many writers out there like anonymous...too many. My mentor is one of them. A multi-published, prolific writer who can't land an agent. And she's been talking to other successful writers who are saying the same thing: they can't land an agent. <BR/><BR/>Truth is stranger than fiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-91633546359481651722007-04-29T10:49:00.000-04:002007-04-29T10:49:00.000-04:00You've published 20 books with a major publishing ...You've published 20 books with a major publishing house and no one will be your agent?!?The Rejecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09087643296072075641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-77123259840727709412007-04-29T03:56:00.000-04:002007-04-29T03:56:00.000-04:00It's really frustrating reading this when you've s...It's really frustrating reading this when you've sold over 20 books on your own, never complain, are great with revisions, never miss a deadline, want desperately to write and not have to keep wasting time selling - and can't seem to land an agent. (Well, I landed two, but one died and the other cut back on her client list to have a baby and dropped me.) <BR/>So - it's frustrating reading about 'annoying clients' when you believe you'd be a terrific client - and no one will give you a chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com