tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post115497417149037337..comments2023-11-02T06:57:11.400-04:00Comments on BookEnds Literary Agency: Making the PitchBookEnds, A Literary Agencyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287278822065839469noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1155270129755443602006-08-11T00:22:00.000-04:002006-08-11T00:22:00.000-04:00Thanks for answering my questions. So it's not gau...Thanks for answering my questions. <BR/><BR/>So it's not gauche to be passionate about my storytelling when pitching and querying? What a freeing notion! No more grimness! Queries are more than a business letter and pitches are more than a cold call---hey, this is going to be fun!<BR/><BR/>Thanks, too, for coming to the San Francisco RWA meeting in October. I'm looking forward to what you'll have to say. <BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>SallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1155156231395168782006-08-09T16:43:00.000-04:002006-08-09T16:43:00.000-04:00OMG, seeing people in person is wonderful. Not rea...OMG, seeing people in person is wonderful. Not really for trying to get them to "buy" into you, but--they're right, to see if it's someone you can be comfortable with. Some people just don't click, and some people you'd trail around going, "meep!" in the hopes they like you enough to represent you. I definitely had people I'd love to work with. *crossing my fingers and hoping really hard*Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553958040386480998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1155139861662750332006-08-09T12:11:00.000-04:002006-08-09T12:11:00.000-04:00I, too, always wondered how different a pitch coul...I, too, always wondered how different a pitch could be from a query, though I assume that a pitch is different in the sense that you can meet the author, grasp more easily his or her excitement and whether or not it fits a certain agent. And I like the idea of using pitch sessions to ask industry questions - I would have many on marketing!Ella Bovarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17834583541292113338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1155135819276779202006-08-09T11:03:00.000-04:002006-08-09T11:03:00.000-04:00Pitch = query.Wondered. Thank you.Believe my probl...Pitch = query.<BR/>Wondered. Thank you.<BR/>Believe my problem would be with additional questions and I would respond with ...duh...well...Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1155135070291856732006-08-09T10:51:00.000-04:002006-08-09T10:51:00.000-04:00I started my "writing career" in 1972 writing radi...I started my "writing career" in 1972 writing radio commercials. They had to be exactly thirty of sixty seconds long, depending on the slot in the schedule--that job taught me to put all the pertinent information into very few sentences, which makes writing blurbs a snap. Unforutnately, when I've made pitches, I run out of things to say after my "commercial" ends!Kate Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05486916548114546095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1155130049429240842006-08-09T09:27:00.000-04:002006-08-09T09:27:00.000-04:00that's exactly right. a pitch and query, in my min...that's exactly right. a pitch and query, in my mind, are really the same thing. I think the best use of a pitch session is to make a short pitch and then use the time to ask industry questions and to see if this is an agent you'd really like to work withBookEnds, A Literary Agencyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287278822065839469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-1155129844058018522006-08-09T09:24:00.000-04:002006-08-09T09:24:00.000-04:00thanks for confirming something I'd sorta sidled u...thanks for confirming something I'd sorta sidled up on. After I attended an on-line pitch workshop, the presenter said, "that's the best query letter I've ever read!" *sigh*, but it got me to thinking about the similarities in pitches and queries. So what I'm getting is if you come on a great "pitch" in a query letter, it's just as exciting as a face-to-face pitch?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553958040386480998noreply@blogger.com