tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post7106219303183928763..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Does Anybody Out There Know a Good Literary Agent?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-46641784088246564822007-06-07T10:16:00.000-04:002007-06-07T10:16:00.000-04:00I agree with this completely, thanks for the post....I agree with this completely, thanks for the post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-31939758456215261712007-05-15T15:37:00.000-04:002007-05-15T15:37:00.000-04:00Dinah, can't say you just got local interest with ...Dinah, can't say you just got local interest with 'Monday...' - you have a fan all the way down here in South Africa! Bought it, read it, really enjoyed it. <BR/>Keep writing,<BR/>jcatjcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03736961961261409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-28218123197923629122007-05-14T23:38:00.000-04:002007-05-14T23:38:00.000-04:00Dinah,Can't help much in terms of having an agent ...Dinah,<BR/><BR/>Can't help much in terms of having an agent to recommend or anything like that, but I'd be happy to also volunteer to read for you!! I am a really good grammar editor, if nothing else....not that you need that, but I've always been rather obsessive with editing! I never correct people's grammar when they are speaking or in any other setting really, but I have done so a number of times when someone asks me to edit something they've written! Never something so lengthy as a novel, however! And most of all, I just really love reading! Haven't read your first book yet because I have a lengthy list of books I'm reading at the moment - including one Sara recommended to me here! haha (The Deborah Lott book - so far, it's very interesting...I've only read the introduction and part of the first chapter, however....had a few other things on my mind lately!)<BR/><BR/>I've always wanted to write a book, and I really do love writing - but I can never think of a good topic to write about. When I was a kid, every time I had to write a story for school, mine were always like 20 page novellas. I had a ton of ideas back then! These days, the only topics I have in mind are nonfiction autobiographical type things that I'm sure would not interest the majority of people!<BR/><BR/>Hugz,<BR/>Carrie :)NeoNurseChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120931307124798416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-86865783422404081272007-05-13T22:31:00.000-04:002007-05-13T22:31:00.000-04:00I'm keeping you as a friend. You feed me chocolate...I'm keeping you as a friend. You feed me chocolate and introduce me to nice people.ClinkShrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316134491751195651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-56071705239786946122007-05-13T22:22:00.001-04:002007-05-13T22:22:00.001-04:00Oh, and Clink and Roy: Big words?? You are both to...Oh, and Clink and Roy: <BR/>Big words?? You are both too smart to be my friends.Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227988351623862689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-83587687776108119182007-05-13T22:22:00.000-04:002007-05-13T22:22:00.000-04:00Parked: I feel your pain.Jeff: Thanks for the link...Parked: I feel your pain.<BR/><BR/>Jeff: Thanks for the links and suggestions and good luck with your book. <BR/><BR/>Sarebear: Thank you, thank you! A very kind offer. It's more than I can inflict on anyone. <BR/><BR/>Gerbil: Thanks for the empathy. I'll take all the support I can get.Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227988351623862689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-51775195912984154712007-05-13T21:35:00.000-04:002007-05-13T21:35:00.000-04:00It never hurts to be sesquipedalian, although gran...It never hurts to be <A HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sesquipedalian" REL="nofollow">sesquipedalian</A>, although granted it helps more in Scrabble.ClinkShrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316134491751195651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-59767796528087312352007-05-13T21:31:00.000-04:002007-05-13T21:31:00.000-04:00Dinah, one way of getting published is to show tha...Dinah, one way of getting published is to show that you have command of a large vocabulary. In other words, you must be <A HREF="http://www.zefrank.com/thewiki/megagaltastic" REL="nofollow">megagaltastic</A>.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08735111026336537653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-10202326381338013962007-05-13T00:54:00.000-04:002007-05-13T00:54:00.000-04:00Fiction is not easy. If you are not having your wo...Fiction is not easy. If you are not having your work read at least by peers, preferably by experienced coaches, and taking their advice, fiction will be impossible for you. If you do not attend writer's conferences and belong to a group who can provide you critiques and support, you ain't gonna make it baby. One of my biggest supporters, my mentor for crying out loud, is a 29 year old literary agent who has turned down my manuscript. She is half my age but has taught me more about getting an agent and marketing my book before it is published than anybody. I met her at a writers conference. Don't get discouraged.<BR/><BR/>http://novemberghosts.blogspot.com....https://www.blogger.com/profile/01907456204303747656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-87400337377464517682007-05-12T17:16:00.000-04:002007-05-12T17:16:00.000-04:00Dinah, my sympathies. I have heard the fiction mar...Dinah, my sympathies. I have heard the fiction market is really, really intense (by which I mean "impossible").<BR/><BR/>I've only tried the non-fiction market, with no success... unless you count the weird agent who said I had the "guts and bones of a great story" (huh?) and for a price he would help make it publishable. Uh, yeah.Gerbilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908487212760713496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-55242092726473853522007-05-12T13:57:00.000-04:002007-05-12T13:57:00.000-04:00You've got talent. I read alot of books, and I en...You've got talent. I read alot of books, and I enjoyed Monday at the Charm. <BR/><BR/>I echo the DON'T give up thing.<BR/><BR/>Keep plugging away.<BR/><BR/>If you ever want someone to read and give you feedback like "Hey, you transition too abruptly in this portion from this scene to that scene (and it's obviously not meant to be done in a jarring way)", or "I was confused at this part, maybe add something in here or change where this paragraph goes", or other things, I'd be happy to help.<BR/><BR/>I used to proofread stuff alot in a job (not novels, though).Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-51132193023391314602007-05-12T11:17:00.000-04:002007-05-12T11:17:00.000-04:00Get thee to a writers conference. I went to the Pi...Get thee to a writers conference. I went to the Pikes Peak conference in April. My wife was invited to the Algonkian in NYC as well.<BR/><BR/>Learn how to do a proper query and start querying agents again. Go to agentquery.com to find them. I have had 29 rejections since last month and am awaiting 51 replies.<BR/><BR/>Check out goodreads.com and my blog. Check the other links in my blog.<BR/><BR/>http://novemberghosts.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>DON'T GIVE UP....https://www.blogger.com/profile/01907456204303747656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-2567717933732717042007-05-12T11:04:00.000-04:002007-05-12T11:04:00.000-04:00Rejection teaches us one thing. Rejection! As a w...Rejection teaches us one thing. Rejection! As a wanna-be author, I have struggled for over a year with my book. My agent tells me I need more of this and less of that. Ghost writer's are starting to look like a great way to go. My book is fiction, based on so much truth that I find it hard to write at times. My synopsis was even hard to write. I still am working on it. So far, this is all I have come up with:<BR/>"The secrets and addictions of a City and the people who live there. A journey of lost hope and innocence, betrayal of love and the struggle to find the truth and healing in the most intimate relationship. A World of music, glamour, heroin and betrayal. <BR/>The willful betrayal of fidelity between a City and the relationships that exist under it’s glamour and secrets. <BR/><BR/>I don't even want to think about trying to get it published. In the end, it may just be my therapy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com