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AgentSpeak: Snippets from Literary Agents and the Publishing Industry — LiveJournal
...with random Tenth Doctor! Why the hell not?
Jessica Faust on unlikeable characters
- Jan. 6th, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Literary agent Jessica Faust of Bookends, LLC shares her opinion on what makes a character unlikeable:
For me likeability tends to coincide with one-dimensional. A character being unlikeable usually means she has no redeeming qualities, and usually even unlikeable people have a redeeming quality or two, something that gives them more depth.
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For me likeability tends to coincide with one-dimensional. A character being unlikeable usually means she has no redeeming qualities, and usually even unlikeable people have a redeeming quality or two, something that gives them more depth.
Read the rest here.
Sean Ferrell on why the N-word matters
- Jan. 5th, 2011 at 11:54 PM
Another reaction to NewSouth's editing of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, this time from writer Sean Ferrell, who deems the decision cowardly:
https://www.byseanferrell.com/2011/01/why_the_n-word_matters.html
https://www.byseanferrell.com/2011/01/why_the_n-word_matters.html
The Censoring of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
- Jan. 5th, 2011 at 11:49 PM
An article in the Chicago Tribune shares several viewpoints re: the editing of two of Mark Twain's classic novels. NewSouth will release The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a single volume with all racial epithets removed. Professors and others weigh in on this decision:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/features/books/printersrow/chi-books-reactions-edit-twain,0,6497750.story
https://www.chicagotribune.com/features/books/printersrow/chi-books-reactions-edit-twain,0,6497750.story
Suzie Townsend on the truth about feedback
- Jan. 5th, 2011 at 6:11 PM
Ever been baffled after a literary agent requests your manuscript, then responds with a generic "not for me" rejection? Back in December Suzie Townsend offered an explanation:
https://confessionsofawanderingheart.blogspot.com/2010/12/truth-about-feedback.html
https://confessionsofawanderingheart.blogspot.com/2010/12/truth-about-feedback.html
Nathan Bransford on agents who blog
- Jan. 4th, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Author and former literary agent Nathan Bransford shares a post in defense of literary agents who blog:
https://blog.nathanbransford.com/2011/01/in-defense-of-blogging-agents.html
https://blog.nathanbransford.com/2011/01/in-defense-of-blogging-agents.html
Kristin Nelson on a questionable query tactic
- Jan. 4th, 2011 at 11:46 AM
According to Kristin Nelson, spamming a literary agency with the same query every day for two months straight might get you noticed, but not in a good way:
https://pubrants.blogspot.com/2011/01/query-spammer.html
https://pubrants.blogspot.com/2011/01/query-spammer.html
Rachelle Gardner on how NOT to find representation
- Jan. 4th, 2011 at 11:21 AM
Rachelle Gardner reminds hopeful writers that negativity about the industry is not the way to a literary agent's heart:
https://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-avoid-getting-agent.html
https://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-avoid-getting-agent.html
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- Jessica Faust on unlikeable characters [+0]
- Sean Ferrell on why the N-word matters [+0]
- The Censoring of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn [+0]
- Suzie Townsend on the truth about feedback [+0]
- Nathan Bransford on agents who blog [+0]
- Kristin Nelson on a questionable query tactic [+0]
- Rachelle Gardner on how NOT to find representation [+0]
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