tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post115293334758519324..comments2024-03-26T18:28:06.391-04:00Comments on Evil Editor: Q & A 71 Do I need an agent to get respect?Evil Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153718875927545682006-07-24T01:27:00.000-04:002006-07-24T01:27:00.000-04:00Being a Bing Cherry fanatic, and an author who sol...Being a Bing Cherry fanatic, and an author who sold the first two of her half dozen books without an agent, I have to agree with everything EE said. Especially the cherry part. It's one of those things. But if you're really fortunate, you live in an area that grows the best Bings in the state, probably even the country (as long as the darn rain cooperates. What is it with rain during bing cherry season already???<BR/><BR/>But then, sometimes you *need* an agent to buy the best cherries, especially here in agriculture central. You can't just drive up to *any* stand. Someone's gotta screen them. For instance those little stands on the side of the road that sell the way less than prime cherries. But why bother when you *know* the best place to buy them is from the mom and pop stand at the edge of town. Sort of like knowing where to go to get the best manuscripts...<BR/><BR/>Pretty polished cherries from the slick grocery store might look like the real deal, but a savvy editor knows that you might have to sort through a lot of cherries to find that taste of perfection, and they don't always come from expected sources...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1153159442382827292006-07-17T14:04:00.000-04:002006-07-17T14:04:00.000-04:00Actually, the problem is that there seem to be mor...Actually, the problem is that there seem to be more sci-fi and fantasy books published each year than there are agents who want to rep them, so an editor might actually not be as picky as an agent in this one genre. The agents all say they want "fresh and new," but what's seeing print in a lot of cases is the same old stuff: portals, elves, dwarfs, prophecies, McGuffins, orcs, gods, spaceships, aliens, lasers and warp speed (gap-drive, faster-than-light-travel, whatever).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1152994760198822152006-07-15T16:19:00.000-04:002006-07-15T16:19:00.000-04:00Mmmm...cherries. Now I'm hungry. *sets off for t...Mmmm...cherries. Now I'm hungry. *sets off for the grocery store*roachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10876796823777689012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1152986175977135672006-07-15T13:56:00.000-04:002006-07-15T13:56:00.000-04:00Consider this. I submitted my proposal/query to fi...Consider this. I submitted my proposal/query to five places that said they accepted unagented subs, following their guidelines exactly. They all rejected it without ever asking to see the full. Then I got an agent. 14 publishers requested the full from her, INCLUDING two of the publishers that had previously rejected it. Yep, an agent gets you looked at more seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1152971125481670892006-07-15T09:45:00.000-04:002006-07-15T09:45:00.000-04:00I don't think I'll share this analogy with my agen...I don't think I'll share this analogy with my agent :)Tawny Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271057218679001241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1152942198714473682006-07-15T01:43:00.000-04:002006-07-15T01:43:00.000-04:00Uhhhhhh. Huh.There are times it's best to say noth...Uhhhhhh. Huh.<BR/><BR/>There are times it's best to say nothing at all. This is one of those times.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083327647412477394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1152941361841331492006-07-15T01:29:00.000-04:002006-07-15T01:29:00.000-04:00Fruit analogies always give me goosebumps... My ch...Fruit analogies always give me goosebumps... My cherry (ahem) is long gone, but I've got a couple of melons... Oh, never mind. You'd probably have no interest in an Angelina Jolie look-alike for hire anyway.<BR/><BR/>I'm off to eat some cherries...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1152938117302360962006-07-15T00:35:00.000-04:002006-07-15T00:35:00.000-04:00The Bing cherry was developed just north of where ...The Bing cherry was developed just north of where I live, near Aurora, Oregon, by a Chinese immigrant by the name of Bing. He worked for Henderson Lewelling, who was the first to bring grafted fruit trees to the Pacific Northwest. The trees were carried across the Oregon Trail in a wagon in the 1840's.<BR/><BR/>Now that's probably more than you wanted to know about cherries, Oregon, and the Oregon Trail. But there ya go anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1152936013947792932006-07-15T00:00:00.000-04:002006-07-15T00:00:00.000-04:00Dear EE,Uhm. Are you interested in my cherry? Wor...Dear EE,<BR/>Uhm. Are you interested in my cherry? Words fail me.<BR/><BR/>Oh. Pick me up at 8. tonight. Or any night. I'm yours.<BR/><BR/>A minionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com