tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post2254732340698505663..comments2023-11-02T06:57:11.400-04:00Comments on BookEnds Literary Agency: Dream ClientBookEnds, A Literary Agencyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287278822065839469noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-62584352420203877802010-05-12T08:58:40.521-04:002010-05-12T08:58:40.521-04:00my dream client would be intelligent enough to ens...my dream client would be intelligent enough to ensure her work is intelligent, and that her work treats her readers as intelligent instead of empty-headed gawkersDebra Moolenaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414330863441664211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-86943452718594501032010-05-12T00:28:08.178-04:002010-05-12T00:28:08.178-04:00I would represent what I like to read and what I&#...I would represent what I like to read and what I'd like to see more of on the shelves. <br /><br />Urban Fantasy WITH A TWIST with realistic heroines (kickass or not). Though I love vampires, even I'm getting a bit tired of them. So if it's vampires it better blow me out of the water. <br /><br />I'll second Kimber Ann with Character-Driven Steampunk. I want the gears and cogs to be in the background of a beautiful story. <br /><br />Fresh, youthful travel writing. Either personal memoir-esque or how-to styles. <br /><br />Post-apocalyptic fiction with a strong female protagonist, a change of "rules" from our world, and a unique apocalypse. <br /><br />*Kimber Ann - Ooh, how you'd love a member of my critique group's Sci Fi Romance. Alas, she's not at the finished manuscript stage yet!Jessica Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719861048029304778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-48045032882558662482010-05-08T17:42:02.287-04:002010-05-08T17:42:02.287-04:00i think alice hoffman would be my dream client; pr...i think alice hoffman would be my dream client; prolific, bestselling and i love her writing :)WriterGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02461061240195604193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-21195823138960976582010-05-08T15:16:33.151-04:002010-05-08T15:16:33.151-04:00I think I would like a client who thought I was an...I think I would like a client who thought I was an amazing agent and who respected both my opinion and my profession. I believe that at all award shows, they should remember to thank me. (It goes without saying that said client is a hell of a writer)Susan B Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752641433121011158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-34016537505789903612010-05-08T08:14:55.551-04:002010-05-08T08:14:55.551-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.E. L. Psomiadishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789909329079833027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-34509292655869347032010-05-08T08:14:24.448-04:002010-05-08T08:14:24.448-04:00I'd like a client like me, of course: a write...I'd like a client like me, of course: a writer, who has a great grasp of language, who has many stories to tell, and who is excited to be a part of all parts of the business. That, and someone who has a great sense of personal style and killer shoes.E. L. Psomiadishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789909329079833027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-60241672354129960102010-05-08T01:57:38.617-04:002010-05-08T01:57:38.617-04:00Wow.
Nice to see that sex-scene deficient romance...Wow. <br />Nice to see that sex-scene deficient romance is welcomed.<br /><br />I'd like a cliet who has a brain.<br />Nope. Make that two brains...to rub together, and make me lots of pennies.<br /><br />Confident would be nice as well.<br /><br />Sorry. I'm taken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-6239492484505440802010-05-07T21:46:56.794-04:002010-05-07T21:46:56.794-04:00This is kind of off topic, but several here mentio...This is kind of off topic, but several here mentioned that they'd like to see a romance that didn't have all those gratuitous sex scenes. Does such a book exist? I've heard agents won't take on romance without sex...Anna Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216213561070725760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-27641650054261407262010-05-07T21:46:46.531-04:002010-05-07T21:46:46.531-04:00In a perfect world, my dream client would be James...In a perfect world, my dream client would be James Patterson or Nora Roberts. The only hard work I would be doing is keeping the sand out of my swimsuit in St. Bart's. <br /><br />:o)<br /><br />In the real world, my dream client would be someone who takes criticism well and who knows how to input that criticism.<br /><br />My dream client would care as much as I do about how to build her career into the best-selling, multi-million-dollar deals I hope for all my clients.<br /><br />My dream client would love my feedback and my brainstorming. <br /><br />My dream client would depend on me to tell her where the story's lagging, but not to line edit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-79603147606013513742010-05-07T18:42:00.047-04:002010-05-07T18:42:00.047-04:00Well, I guess I'm a bit of a fish out of water...Well, I guess I'm a bit of a fish out of water here, but I would love to be the agent for a well seasoned Christian author, like Beth Moore or Rick Renner. I am all about non-fiction spiritual growth writing. I believe it provokes deep introspection and promotes postive change within the reader. The reader should not close after reading the last page of the book saying, "That was really an awesome book," but should be saying, "I will never be the same after reading this book."INSIDE THE SHRINKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05847815538742805926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-28281180148656892722010-05-07T17:49:33.404-04:002010-05-07T17:49:33.404-04:00well me, first - of course. then secondly.. writer...well me, first - of course. then secondly.. writers like Wendell Berry, Pat Conroy, Rick Bragg and those that write of the simply ordinary yet extraordinary mystique of the minute details in life that are so very grand when showed off in writing.<br /><br />That means something - and it sells .. a double edged sword of literary battle weapons of the best justice. Knowledge. Power of words.Shelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02757079675613448834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-9912202690955135282010-05-07T17:34:29.001-04:002010-05-07T17:34:29.001-04:00Although I write both fiction and nonfiction, I th...Although I write both fiction and nonfiction, I think I'd only like to rep nonfiction-- history and biographies. Dream clients? Antonia Fraser and Victoria Glendinning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-88658847295430307472010-05-07T17:33:52.471-04:002010-05-07T17:33:52.471-04:00Concept. Concept. Concept.
Oh, and thumbnail Co...Concept. Concept. Concept.<br /><br />Oh, and thumbnail Concept. <br /><br />A one-sentence tagline that can sell a series. <br /><br />That said. Writer must do sentences that work and keep an entire book tied to the concept, fully exploiting it, and not just hint at it. I hate good ideas that aren't taken all the way around the block and back.<br /><br />Either that or a writer who does a solo quiet literary read for people who like to buy one book a year and take naps.GhostFolk.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942600698461250382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-81921276373484043062010-05-07T16:44:18.583-04:002010-05-07T16:44:18.583-04:00My dream client would be a feisty young man with a...My dream client would be a feisty young man with an appreciation for feisty young women. I'd want his work to be well combed, gone over several times, but I'd also want him to be ready to edit and change according to my suggestions, or at least heavily consider those suggestions. I would want him to be engulfed in the project, filled with enough passion to fuel the type of promotion books need these days. Blog tours, book tours, interviews, self-promotion, etc. <br /><br />As for books, well I like brassy gals. Books about young women who embrace their gender and carry a real, literary story without falling into the romantically challenged subcategory. Books with a strong voice, evidence that the author has strived for perfection, books with an engulfing narrative, and books with characters that are going to wring my heart like a dishrag, but will leave me with some enlightenment. <br /><br />NOW WAIT JUST ONE MINUTE.<br /><br />I want ME, Nick Saw, as a client. And I hope you do too as I have sent you a query letter and have yet to receive a rejection. *fingers crossed*<br /><br />Seriously though, the qualities I listed are very much needed in modern authors. Long gone are the days of click-clacking out a book, publishing it, and letting it sell itself. Today, people have beautiful machines to distract them from the intimacy of a novel. As an author, you must be willing to promote your book, put all your eggs in that book. And relish, be proud, brag. Let them know what a treasure you have crafted. That attitude is a fever, and fevers sell books via book clubs, word of mouth, internet promotion, blah blah blah.<br /><br />The first draft is the opportunity for an author to have their solitude, after that, it's a team effort. You got to be ready to play your part. <br /><br />Nick Saw :)<br />http://www.thestarvingnovelist.blogspot.comNick Sawatskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04130962383291895870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-46304177196766952562010-05-07T16:42:27.596-04:002010-05-07T16:42:27.596-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nick Sawatskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04130962383291895870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-31286736194200352472010-05-07T16:25:15.177-04:002010-05-07T16:25:15.177-04:00If I were an agent I would focus on paranormal (go...If I were an agent I would focus on paranormal (got a love for those vamp books)and fantasy: epic, urban, contemporary...whatever. YA and Adult. My dream client would be someone who could write darkly romantic stories but also balance it with a great story line and a lot of action. I love books with romance but I prefer books to be well rounded and incorporate kick ass action.A.J. Lockehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08514343224203400113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-64557349079548455622010-05-07T15:50:37.387-04:002010-05-07T15:50:37.387-04:00My dream author would write books that made me lau...My dream author would write books that made me laugh, cry, get angry, feel emotions and care about the characters. I enjoy reading and writing paranormal romance and would be happiest representing someone who wrote that genre. I think the thing that makes a story come alive is the depth of heart put into it. You can always tell if there's passion in a story by the way it makes you feel when you're reading it. An author that comes to mind....would be Sherrilyn Kenyon. I have went through every emotion there is to feel just by reading her stories. She would be my dream client!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02788146164067275542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-65462186511104917722010-05-07T15:39:58.869-04:002010-05-07T15:39:58.869-04:00I would rep all flavors of fantasy, and YA and MG,...I would rep all flavors of fantasy, and YA and MG, mystery, also strong-voiced mainstream fic.Jess Tudorhttp://www.jessicatudor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-88924953866679867332010-05-07T15:13:35.364-04:002010-05-07T15:13:35.364-04:00My dream client is easy:
They should be an introve...My dream client is easy:<br />They should be an introvert so they are happy to be alone with themselves for 10 hours a day writing, and an extrovert so they can dazzle people when marketing their book.<br />Independently wealthy so things won't take them away from marketing their book and hungry for money so they will put all their energy into marketing.<br />Incredibly imaginative so they can write great things, and an incredibly practical and straight forward thinker so they can plot and carry out a marketing plan.<br />Someone who wants to stay home and write and loves to travel.<br />That's the ideal author.Darrell B. Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851443183217238218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-27687298285449188372010-05-07T14:56:58.134-04:002010-05-07T14:56:58.134-04:00My personal tastes veer toward romance, mystery (c...My personal tastes veer toward romance, mystery (cozy mysteries and police procedurals), and sci fi. Within those genres, I like<br /><br />- romance where the heroine isn't a slut or a vapid idiot (i.e. if there's sex, it makes sense to the plot and not just because it's been 20 pages since the last sex scene)<br /><br />- mysteries where the clues are planted appropriately but not too blatantly<br /><br />- sci fi with a good, solid science background and good world building. I don't want "the planet has three suns, is made up of tiny islands, and has giant fire-breathing dragons, all because I say so" - I want something that makes geological, historical, sociological, and scientific sense.<br /><br />Of course, beyond the writing, the ideal client would be outgoing and articulate and capable of promoting their own books. And they'd be writing at a regular clip, so I can hope to build their career without 12-year gaps between sequels . . .Wendy Quallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738672242498685175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-65965516096559965532010-05-07T14:50:04.092-04:002010-05-07T14:50:04.092-04:00After all that, I've concluded my dream client...After all that, I've concluded my dream client would understand the importance of marketing her own book and how to go about doing that. <br /><br />Several mentioned being prolific. I've noticed that's important too, especially in genre fiction, like Romance and ePublishing. I'd aim for two novels a year. I review for authors who do that, so I know it can be done and the results of doing so. And I'm talkin' 80,000+ word novels.Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-80779409709170076192010-05-07T13:53:28.625-04:002010-05-07T13:53:28.625-04:00If I were an agent, I'd want to represent book...If I were an agent, I'd want to represent books I like to read. Urban Fantasy, fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal romance, horror, mystery, thrillers and YA, oh and screenplays <br /><br />My dream client would be prolific and easy to work with, and would be open to editorial comments and opinions, they'd also have to have real crafting chops<br /><br />Someone like Rachel Caine or Rachel Vincent, or Simon Green or Tim PrattVivi Annahttp://www.vivianna.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-38831444898123284652010-05-07T13:49:04.969-04:002010-05-07T13:49:04.969-04:00I would look for a client who wrote books with str...I would look for a client who wrote books with strong male characters. I see so many agents asking for strong female characters, and while of course that's great too, I feel like great male characters are few and far between in newer books. <br /><br />There's the gung-ho male characters in action/adventure books, and then there's the bad boy in the YA books. Where's the decent guy put in bad situations that he has to deal with the best he can?<br /><br />I found one in The Lost Fleet series, by Jack Campbell, but trying to find more like that is an exercise in frustration. <br /><br />So, if I were an agent, that's what I would look for.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13267066733031149882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-15793899613797650422010-05-07T13:43:17.288-04:002010-05-07T13:43:17.288-04:00Presumably. the book would be in a genre that I fo...Presumably. the book would be in a genre that I found personally interesting, it was marketable, and was authored by a person who knew the meaning of a business relationship -- like any other professional undertaking.M Clement Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14422621517381625768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-74881450146871875292010-05-07T13:18:37.701-04:002010-05-07T13:18:37.701-04:00This was an easy one to answer. Barbara Kingsolve...This was an easy one to answer. Barbara Kingsolver would be my dream client. I enjoy her writing, she sells a lot of books, and her stuff is gooooooood.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00351877419096260809noreply@blogger.com