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stacia_kane

I think about stuff

Apr 02, 2009 16:36

Okay, lots of stuff to cover and get through and all of that.

First, the other day I cam across this cool blog/site called Best Fantasy Books.com. Another site had a link to this post about ARCs and reviews that I thought was really interesting.

Most of my thoughts on the subject are covered in my comment, which is the fifth comment down:

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agentfail anonymous April 2 2009, 15:48:56 UTC

Hi Stacia,

I am one of those unagented masses. : ) But it wasn't always so. I think the majority of agents are simply overworked individuals that love books and everything having to do with books. Like in any industry, you get those who aren't quite professional or perhaps inexperienced. I have had experience with one of those personally and through a close friend.

However, the anger and frustration in the comments on Bookend's blog took me by surprise and unfortunately, I don't think it will be the agents who need to hear it who will read it.

Re: agentfail stacia_kane April 2 2009, 15:52:20 UTC

And I totally agree. Agents do the best they can, you know? I seriously doubt the vast majority of them spend all their time thinking of ways to humiliate and treat badly as many writers as they possibly can. And I agree too that the ones who are guilty of such things aren't going to be reading, sigh.

Nothing wrong with being unagented. :-) I hope I didn't sound like I think there is?

Re: agentfail ext_175581 April 2 2009, 15:57:58 UTC

No, you didn't sound like that at all. We all start out unagented. : ) I will be looking for another agent this summer as soon as I have something worth offering. BTW, I love your blog and learned quite a bit from your sex-writing strumpet series of posts.

Re: agentfail stacia_kane April 3 2009, 01:19:25 UTC

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it helpful/useful! :-)

Good luck with your search!

oops ext_175581 April 2 2009, 15:54:08 UTC

Sorry, that was me above, I didn't mean to be anonymous... I need another cup of coffee. : )

Thanks legionfalcon April 2 2009, 15:55:00 UTC

The agentfail thing has been leaving a bad taste in my mouth all day. So thank you for stepping up and saying something. It's appreciated!!

Re: Thanks stacia_kane April 3 2009, 01:19:59 UTC

It's scary, isn't it? I just don't get the entitlement, I really don't.

selestial_owg April 2 2009, 15:59:38 UTC

Not here to lynch you ;-) As always, you explained things quite well. (It's funny, I blogged about this as well, at right around the same time, but you said it with much more eloquence than I could muster.) Anyway, you hit the nail on the head with the anger. It's a shame, it really is.

As for the move, best of luck, I hope it all goes smoothly.

stacia_kane April 3 2009, 01:25:04 UTC

I think your post was great! :-) And coming from your POV it's even more useful/valuable than mine.

Thanks!

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stacia_kane April 3 2009, 01:26:33 UTC

Exactly. YES.

And what gets me, as I've said elsewhere, is if the agents in question weren't blogging or Twittering, there would be complaints about their LACK of online presence and how dare they not have a blog or website or whatever, you know?

Everybody thinks they deserve something. Nobody wants to work for it. UGH.