tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post6811867044872206040..comments2023-11-02T06:57:11.400-04:00Comments on BookEnds Literary Agency: Bad AgentBookEnds, A Literary Agencyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287278822065839469noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-68045666170332593952015-08-06T22:44:59.182-04:002015-08-06T22:44:59.182-04:00Worthy fly out tomorrow morning and then but also ...Worthy fly out tomorrow morning and then but also the airport this time sitting here where I do not write review <a href="http://www.facebookentrarperfil.com/" rel="nofollow">entrar a facebook</a> , <a href="http://www.facebookentrarmicuenta.com/" rel="nofollow">facebook en espaƱol</a> , <a href="http://www.facebookentrarlogin.com/" rel="nofollow">entrar no facebook</a> , <a href="http://www.girlsgo2games.com/" rel="nofollow">go girl games</a> , <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/facebookentrarperfil/" rel="nofollow">facebook entrar</a> , <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/facebookentrarmicuenta/" rel="nofollow">facebook entrar</a> , <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/facebookentrarlogin/" rel="nofollow">facebook entrar</a>facebook entrarhttp://facebookentrarperfil.yolasite.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-48645237010677388452009-11-21T08:25:20.967-05:002009-11-21T08:25:20.967-05:00Interesting article you got here. 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So you blame innocent agents when you should be kissing their feet for taking your crap. Do you ever hear people ragging about their real estate agents? Not as much as they rag on literary agents, because houses and real estate bring in value, but the crap that comes out of some people's heads reflects their own garbage way of thinking, a bunch of whiny losers blaming somebody else for being such failures because you are lazy fatasses eating chips all day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-87651186414555697712009-10-02T09:00:02.555-04:002009-10-02T09:00:02.555-04:00Thanks for this post - I had a 'near miss'...Thanks for this post - I had a 'near miss' with someone and so many of those subtle and not-so-subtle red flags were there. Including the feeling in the gut that things weren't right. I've felt so strange ever since, and love your advice to just keep going, to move on, chin up and all. Reading this helps a lot!Kay Hardy Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10655646072881460264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-16869879942175141152008-04-20T13:57:00.000-04:002008-04-20T13:57:00.000-04:00I have written four novels. Two are online. http:/...I have written four novels.<BR/> <BR/>Two are online.<BR/> <BR/>http://adukestevensonlinebook.angelcities.com/index.html 2006<BR/> <BR/>http://dukestevensamountaintoohigh.angelcities.com/index.html 2007<BR/> <BR/> Out of Dust <BR/>(1981) -First<BR/> <BR/>Gold In The Morning Sun <BR/>(2008) - Last <BR/> <BR/>I'm looking for someone to believe in me....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-59935633426769301762007-06-30T11:54:00.000-04:002007-06-30T11:54:00.000-04:00I've been with my agent for a year now and have be...I've been with my agent for a year now and have been feeling that she might qualify for the "Bad Agent" label for about six months. Kinda worrisome. Since we've already submitted my ms. to several bigger houses, I feel like I'm stuck with her at least for this book. I can't imagine another agent wishing to take on a book that's already been shopped around, thus narrowing the already competitive field. I wish I could leave, but I think it would be jumping out of the kettle and into the fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-51596362782138031812007-06-28T12:06:00.000-04:002007-06-28T12:06:00.000-04:00What I find more difficult to discern is this: Whe...What I find more difficult to discern is this: When is a good agent just not the right fit? I've been with my agent for two years. She tried without success to sell my first manuscript. While she was doing that, I wrote another. Now she's submitting it to editors, most of whom are saying they love the book but it's "just not right" for their house. I've recently finished mansucript 3. Do I send it to her or try for a different fit? I personally like this agent very much and she loves my work, but I wonder if something about the combination of my work and her agenting just isn't gelling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-51465929743943461582007-06-28T07:35:00.000-04:002007-06-28T07:35:00.000-04:00I wish there was a way for the good agents to real...I wish there was a way for the good agents to really expose the bad agents - w/o feeling like a-holes, y'know? Like maybe we could take some super serious oath, raise three fingers (or one!) in the air and promise not to stick out our tongues or roll our eyes or point and snicker, just to avoid (quite charmingly) signing with Bad Agent. Then maybe Good Agent would give us a list of names - or at least initials.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-23425814211598536472007-06-27T20:15:00.000-04:002007-06-27T20:15:00.000-04:00Yup Yup, I agree. I was just posting about "bad ag...Yup Yup, I agree. I was just posting about "bad agent". An agent should be able to do something you cannot. Why else would you pay them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-41905562577557005812007-06-27T19:40:00.000-04:002007-06-27T19:40:00.000-04:00Just to keep you up to date, Miss Snark is no long...Just to keep you up to date, Miss Snark is no longer posting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-41590521380228498442007-06-27T18:42:00.000-04:002007-06-27T18:42:00.000-04:00Kris Fletcher --(I'm anon 3:22)For sure if you wer...Kris Fletcher --<BR/><BR/>(I'm anon 3:22)<BR/><BR/>For sure if you were going to the conference anyway, pitch away -- I get that. But this agent had her client fly from the east coast to the middle of the country to pitch her own book, because said "agent" thought that'd be best, even though the agent was attending the same conference and the author had no previous sales.<BR/><BR/>Plus, she was pitching it as the next HP, I kid you not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-56276780069281881542007-06-27T17:18:00.000-04:002007-06-27T17:18:00.000-04:00Hah!and triple Hah!Fie upon agents!None would take...Hah!<BR/>and triple Hah!<BR/>Fie upon agents!<BR/><BR/>None would take me. But I "Have a voice." Lalalalal<BR/><BR/>I would rather have a good editor but since I can't get an agent thats out. Actually I have a book coming out in October and I had an editor for that. The twin of bad agent probably.<BR/><BR/>Bookends - you rejected me but I will triumph!<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-33658567887774077682007-06-27T16:42:00.000-04:002007-06-27T16:42:00.000-04:00Anonymous 3:22, sometimes authors will choose to p...Anonymous 3:22, sometimes authors will choose to pitch their own work at conference even if they have a fabulous agent. I've done it at times, even since signing with Jessica, simply because it's a nice way for me to meet the editor myself and see if we click at all. Usually we spend, oh, 30 seconds on the book, and the rest of the time simply chatting about industry doings, the conference, whatever. It's still all good.<BR/><BR/>And I'd like to add that in some ways, Bad Agent can be worse than a scam agent, simply because she truly does want to help. She's earnest and well-meaning and often a very lovely person, and that makes it so damned difficult to walk away. It's very easy to talk yourself into giving Bad Agent one more shot, just a few more months, simply because she's so sincere and seems to be trying so hard. <BR/><BR/>(And trust me - in this case, I am NOT talking about Jessica!)krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06935764958247625983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-27151904791272370822007-06-27T15:29:00.000-04:002007-06-27T15:29:00.000-04:00Good, good post on Bad Bad Agent. Been there, done...Good, good post on Bad Bad Agent. Been there, done that, got out.<BR/><BR/>Bad Agent isn't necessarily a bad person. Bad Agent often has the best intentions. Bad Agent is a bad experience for everyone involved...including Bad Agent. But is it also a Learning Experience? That's the most important thing, IMO. If Bad Agent = Magnifico Learning Experience, the chances of winding up with Bad Agent #2 diminish considerably (unless Eager Writer needs more than one lesson).<BR/><BR/>Also, as others have said, sometimes it's not a case of Bad Agent. Sometimes Baddie is simply Agent Wrong.<BR/><BR/>CindyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-49676728840567636622007-06-27T15:22:00.000-04:002007-06-27T15:22:00.000-04:002readornot--I think I was at that conference, too!...2readornot--<BR/><BR/>I think I was at that conference, too!<BR/><BR/>I met one of the writers the "bad agent" had signed. And the writer was at the conference (having traveled from another state) to pitch her own work!<BR/><BR/>Uh, excuse me, isn't that what your agent is supposed to be doing?<BR/><BR/>I then was eating breakfast with a group of people who said "bad agent" was interested in their work and wanted to sign them. And they were so excited! Oh, dear.<BR/>Research any agents sales carefully, was all I could say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-54939492222153711092007-06-27T12:08:00.000-04:002007-06-27T12:08:00.000-04:00I met a 'bad agent' at a recent conference. I fel...I met a 'bad agent' at a recent conference. I felt sorry for her, really, because you could see that the other, good agents, didn't want to be associated with her (though none were rude or anything -- it was in their eyes, their posture). At the same time, I also felt for the many attendees who flocked to her, excited when she showed interest in their work. Nice lady, without a doubt, but she seemed pretty darn clueless about agenting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-83459117673753171902007-06-27T11:38:00.000-04:002007-06-27T11:38:00.000-04:00Good point, Diana. Having researched tons of agen...Good point, Diana. Having researched tons of agents, I've noticed that.Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-29222298245917113462007-06-27T10:22:00.000-04:002007-06-27T10:22:00.000-04:00Anonymous at 10:04 has a point. One person's dream...Anonymous at 10:04 has a point. One person's dream agent could be another person's nightmare, which is why I don't believe in the idea of ONE "dream agent" that a writer is desperate to get. <BR/><BR/>However, there are also Bad Agents who are bad for EVERYONE. They have no record of sales, no contacts, no whatever...Diana Peterfreundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681841474717604660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-74266336679692563072007-06-27T10:04:00.000-04:002007-06-27T10:04:00.000-04:00And I think it might bear saying that one person's...And I think it might bear saying that one person's Bad Agent could very well be another person's Agent God(dess)...as was the case with my first agent. I'm not the only writer who had a bad experience with her however she's done real well by 3-4 other writers (that I know of).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-41835547796891829502007-06-27T08:18:00.000-04:002007-06-27T08:18:00.000-04:00Sometimes you even need to steel yourself against ...Sometimes you even need to steel yourself against the good ones! Even the ethical, professional ones can be FAR FROM HELPFUL to the writer. Not necessarily their fault due to pressures of the book business. Check out my site in part on the topic at www.literaryrejectionsondisplay.blogspot.comWriter, Rejectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051453.post-22225562617752641092007-06-27T06:38:00.000-04:002007-06-27T06:38:00.000-04:00For me, it's harder to determine when an agent is ...For me, it's harder to determine when an agent is going to help you advance your career. I've been with my agent for almost a year and while she is very savvy with contracts and negotiation, I get very little in the way of career planning. The agency is very reputable (people have heard of them), but sometimes I wonder what I'm missing out on. I am newly published (1 out, 2 scheduled), so I wondered if you could share what sorts of advice you would give your clients in terms of career advice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com