tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post7625321206481088778..comments2024-03-28T23:31:06.181-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID IN HER FAVOR, BUT THE OTHER IS MORE INTERESTINGRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-35217212170844203262010-05-21T06:24:10.414-05:002010-05-21T06:24:10.414-05:00Great post as usual Roland, hopefully all writers ...Great post as usual Roland, hopefully all writers know about these important points, but of course there are those out there who don't.<br /><br />That being said you get it across in a very entertaining way.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-72413481887591663742010-05-21T02:08:22.516-05:002010-05-21T02:08:22.516-05:00Hart : You're right about the UK and European ...Hart : You're right about the UK and European countries. I don't know about New Zealand though. You are quite knowledgable yourself there.<br /><br />Wendy : Yes, deja vu all over again, right?<br /><br />Agnes : I'm happy you liked that line. Always good to have you visit and comment.<br /><br />Donna : I wish you tons of luck with your query journey next week. If you need any help, I will try my best, Roland<br /><br />Another blood run is calling. I keep vampire hours! Thank all of you for visiting and commenting. It means a lot, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-42602332605728827962010-05-21T02:03:36.721-05:002010-05-21T02:03:36.721-05:00Jo : Yes, change is coming. But for the moment we ...Jo : Yes, change is coming. But for the moment we still need agents and the nationwide distribution system of the publishing houses. Good to have you back.<br /><br />Elliot : I'm glad you liked that line. And I will certainly remember you. Now, if only that day will come!<br /><br />Christina : Hang back on that letter and sharpen that query letter. I wish you the best of luck.<br /><br />Frenchy : Thanks for the high praise. But if I'm so knowledgable, how come I'm still without an agent? Sigh. Thanks for dropping by, becoming a follower, and commenting. Don't be a stranger.<br /><br />Angela : You're right. We writers are impatient to get published. Thanks for visiting. Come again.<br /><br />Tessa : A lawyer by day. A writer by night. When do you sleep? Or are sleepless in front of the laptop like me? And thanks for the award. <br /><br />MissV : Glad you liked my post. You're a welcome presence here.<br /><br />Stina : I'm happy you thought my post brilliant. And thanks for the award, too.<br /><br />Kittie : Yes, details add up. My messy apartment shows that! Thanks for dropping by. I'm always glad to hear from you.<br /><br />Zoe : I've never been given the Z three snap salute before. I'm grinning ear to ear. Yes, the moving analogy can go for revising while continuing to write your novel as well. Like I said earlier, we writers certainly are an impatient bunch. Visit and comment again.<br /><br />Mary : Thanks for the praise.<br /><br />Laughing Wolf : I will check out Casey's site soon. My eyes are beginning to become lead. Thankfully your emails are now getting through.<br /><br />Anne R. : We writers do this on the side, so to speak, and so it is easy to forget that it is a cold, hard business to those we submit to. Come back again.<br /><br />Anne : Yes, it is only one house. And there are others. You are a talented writer. You will get published.<br /><br />I have to split my answers or blogger wipes them all out, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-62821218781242754872010-05-21T01:03:03.384-05:002010-05-21T01:03:03.384-05:00On the horizon change is coming...
Like it or not,...On the horizon change is coming...<br />Like it or not, the industry will change with the ebook revolution--agents and publishers will be made obsolete and the power given to the writer. Like when talkies changed silent film forever- entire professions evaporated.Jo Schafferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11514820971898568397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-4564347970549888902010-05-21T00:23:22.276-05:002010-05-21T00:23:22.276-05:00"No one shoots John Wayne's horse." ..."No one shoots John Wayne's horse." <br /><br />Roland, I say this with utter sincerity...please remember me when you're writing starts paying the mortgage:)Elliot Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319271528871804399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-92073651039874518102010-05-20T22:15:22.064-05:002010-05-20T22:15:22.064-05:00Very interesting, my precious. :)
Thanks for all ...Very interesting, my precious. :)<br /><br />Thanks for all the advice. Since I'm about to start on my query journey again next week, this is timely and helpful.<br /><br />Have a good weekend.<br /><br />.......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-79767148803970608512010-05-20T21:21:51.037-05:002010-05-20T21:21:51.037-05:00Never try to change a tire on a moving car -- I li...Never try to change a tire on a moving car -- I like that :-)Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735148155885016692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-78554822051293982892010-05-20T20:33:14.115-05:002010-05-20T20:33:14.115-05:00I can feel a little bit of deja vu coming on :)I can feel a little bit of deja vu coming on :)Just Wendy https://www.blogger.com/profile/05268645629027109282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-13667929973621755112010-05-20T13:39:29.835-05:002010-05-20T13:39:29.835-05:00Very entertaining way to get some good info out th...Very entertaining way to get some good info out there! I would also add that SOME of the advice to skip the agent comes from published authors in OTHER COUNTRIES where the agent is not quite so critical to the process. In the UK, only about half of authors have agents, and typically get them AFTER publishing for negociating all those extras you mention.<br /><br />In the US there are just too many people trying to write books for the publishers to filter without the agents. (there are POSSIBLY exceptions for things you only want to publish regionally or that are in micro-genres or non-fiction, but almost always, the agent will find the better deal and help you all the way through)Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-58746097802482429002010-05-20T12:49:30.192-05:002010-05-20T12:49:30.192-05:00Nice post Roland, well thought out and very inform...Nice post Roland, well thought out and very informative. I wish I had read it before I made a drastic move this morning. C'est la vie. Live and learn, it's only one house.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-39114516554260616792010-05-20T12:46:43.700-05:002010-05-20T12:46:43.700-05:00Lots of good advice here. Publishing is a business...Lots of good advice here. Publishing is a business and no place for amateurs. A writer representing himself to publishers is like somebody representing himself in court. As the old saying goes "he has a fool for a lawyer" (or agent.)<br /><br />Laughingwolf: You're right Casey's blog is one of the best places to find info on agents (especially if you write YA.) She's fantastic.Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-73246909196716292752010-05-20T11:58:07.122-05:002010-05-20T11:58:07.122-05:00casey has a lot of agents on her sidebar:
http://...casey has a lot of agents on her sidebar:<br /><br />http://caseylmccormick.blogspot.com/laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-16613652987582607072010-05-20T11:50:36.055-05:002010-05-20T11:50:36.055-05:00still can't get your email to work, i'm he...still can't get your email to work, i'm here:<br /><br />sinner1man@gmail.comlaughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-48826515782544821132010-05-20T11:43:46.178-05:002010-05-20T11:43:46.178-05:00if only we could keep our swollen egos in check :(...if only we could keep our swollen egos in check :(<br /><br />sure we're good... but we're not THAT good, if we still get rejections from those in the know!<br /><br />it's like going to a foreign country and trying to get by with a translator book where they don't speak our language and we don't understand theirs... we may get a coffee when we thought we asked for a beer... such is the murkiness in and around publishers, too<br /><br />great post!laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-91136207958163964752010-05-20T10:30:17.914-05:002010-05-20T10:30:17.914-05:00Wonderful post, Roland. Very informative.Wonderful post, Roland. Very informative.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13267066733031149882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-11070481818494552412010-05-20T10:12:28.533-05:002010-05-20T10:12:28.533-05:00Great advice, sir. Though I agree with your first ...Great advice, sir. Though I agree with your first metaphor/bullet, for some reason it made me think of people, like me, who try and edit while writing that first draft. Hurm. (i.e. changing tire on moving vehicle = tinkering with edits while banging out that first draft.) Could also mean, in your agenting post context, submitting work too early in the process. You always make me think, Roland. For that, you get three snaps up in Z formation. *snap* *snap* *SNAP!* :DZoe C. Courtmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642503770758938774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-62679063452681498002010-05-20T08:24:32.722-05:002010-05-20T08:24:32.722-05:00Brilliant! So much to digest. So many little det...Brilliant! So much to digest. So many little details that add up. Thanks for the info.Kittie Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756250649095903317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-26862638093331520402010-05-20T08:17:34.683-05:002010-05-20T08:17:34.683-05:00This was brilliant! I was so wowed by it, I almost...This was brilliant! I was so wowed by it, I almost forgot to mention I have something on my blog for you. I only remembered when I saw Tessa's comments. :DStinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-55811380912247634482010-05-20T06:45:39.296-05:002010-05-20T06:45:39.296-05:00Come by my blog I have an AWARD for you!Come by my blog I have an AWARD for you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11046724975658216337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-23837995331943510582010-05-20T06:00:24.900-05:002010-05-20T06:00:24.900-05:00A whole lot to digest there. Thanks for sharingA whole lot to digest there. Thanks for sharingVicki Rochohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07381089434014961076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-20682291212705020212010-05-20T05:27:17.494-05:002010-05-20T05:27:17.494-05:00Very good post, and a very good warning to all pub...Very good post, and a very good warning to all published-authors-to-be out there. Being a lawyer by day job, I can only add to the warning: if you don't know your way around a contract, stay the hell away from it until someone who does have a clue has read it. Even being a lawyer I would hesitate to sign a contract with a publisher, because I don't know what the industry standards are and could therefore be signing my life away without knowing....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11046724975658216337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-78623079836899135102010-05-20T03:03:10.296-05:002010-05-20T03:03:10.296-05:00I definitely didn't intend to go my way agentl...I definitely didn't intend to go my way agentless, but after reading this, I feel much better about my decision. Who wouldn't be better off with a coach in your corner? I'll bet new writers often jump straight to the editors/publishers because they may not have the patience to find an agent to sign with.Angela McCallisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10610798614001745001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-16993995661322598492010-05-20T01:54:51.657-05:002010-05-20T01:54:51.657-05:00You are so knowledgeable! Good luck with your book...You are so knowledgeable! Good luck with your books...Thank you for your visit and nice comment...Hope you will get nice weather tomorrow :)<br />Following you back :)<br />XOXO<br />FrenchyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337300945942086993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-66012510197715789812010-05-20T01:54:48.884-05:002010-05-20T01:54:48.884-05:00This is a really good post. I was just about to sh...This is a really good post. I was just about to shoot a letter to publishing houses. Maybe I'll stick it out and try agents again over the summer with a stronger query letter.LoveRundlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177659277273835858noreply@blogger.com