I am home from WorldCon. (Well, I've been home every night, just not energetic enough to write about it.) I had a fabulous time, right up until I blew out a tire on the 101 this afternoon and ended up sitting and sweating to death for half an hour on a corner just northwest of Alvarado and Beverly while I waited for the auto club to come help me ( Read more... )

Conferences come and go, and so do pitches. Every conference I attend, I spend a few hours listening to authors pitch their books to me. These authors range from nervous first-timers to seasoned pros, and the ability to pitch varies accordingly. I don't hold it against someone if they're nervous, because I understand they have a lot riding on the ( Read more... )

I have not forgotten that I need to recap my travels. The only bad thing about travels is playing catch up once they're over. It's been a busy week and a half ( Read more... )

Or not for the road, actually. I'm in town for the next two+ weeks before I need to travel again, so lots of time to play catch up from my slow pace of the previous week.

Many thanks to everyone who posted or e-mailed me to wish me a speedy recovery. It wasn't so much that I was sick the whole time, really, as that I was worn out from being really ( Read more... )

Not me, I'm afraid. Not a drop of Irish blood in me. But a happy St. Paddy's to those of you who are. I'm doing my part by having corned beef and cabbage for dinner. It's in the crockpot right now, stinking up the kitchen. But it'll be worth it ( Read more... )

The earliest stages of a literary agent's career involve a careful mix of reading submissions, striving to sell books for new clients (and all of them are new when you're a new agent), and heading out of town to speak at conferences and network with editors and the writing community at large. As you build your client list, you spend far more time ( Read more... )