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Thursday, May 03, 2007
Thursday 13
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1. I apparently didn't want a male agent. I didn't consciously set out to exclude Y chromosome professionals, but I just didn't query any men. Why is that? Maybe I thought, deep down, they can't really "get" the romance genre, even if they rep it? I think I'm a female chauvinist! Oops. 2. Crazy people sometimes wind up in a powerful position. 3. Aforementioned crazy people have given signs of said ailment before, such as the Rooster Incident of 1996. 4. It's possible to waste a whole day, rubbernecking at an Internet Kerfluffle. 5. I have even less self-discipline than I thought I had (which was almost none). 6. My children have found an entirely new and inappropriate use for maple syrup. 7. A "writer" stalked a man, slept with him, and conducted a passionate one-way love affair with him, and then wrote letters to her husband about it. Instead of calling in the medical professionals, she published the results of her humiliation as a "literary experiment." 8. Guide got a B+ from Gwen at The Good, the Bad, and the Unread. 9. Tara Marie was pleasantly surprised as well. I don't know why, but I'm always happily startled when someone tells me they enjoyed my work, or hell, even when they buy it, for that matter. I'm like, "Me? Really? Cool!" I don't think I'll ever get over that. It's such an enormous compliment that someone would spend time and/or money on something I produced. 10. Megan Frampton said she bought my book. See #9 for why this delights and astonishes me. 11. RT didn't back up Laura Baumbach, a m/m author, when the Hyatt flexed its homophobic muscles. I guess it doesn't count as love if it's not breeder-based. 12. Smart Bitches has some imitators: The Book Bitches, started in November '05. Candy and Sarah started up in Jan '05, and I think they do it better. 13. No matter how stupid a position is, you can always find an Internet troll dumb enough to support it. Or maybe, an alternative -- you can always count on the crazylady to create ten sock puppets that appear to support whatever insanity she espouses. |
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Have you ever noticed after following a day of internet romance bruhaha that it is basically the same discussion you followed on one other day when you wasted all your time?
So you were looking for a male agent, Ciar? Any reason? Did you think he would be more aggressive in negotiations on your behalf?
And yes, the drama llama always seems to boil down to the same old crap. You'd think I'd learn.
Great week you had Annie!
Geat TT.
Sad ... but true. I need to quit and get some work done.
6. My children have found an entirely new and inappropriate use for maple syrup.
Oh do tell.... my kids are often doing things like this...one of the reasons I have to pray for patience.
7. A "writer" stalked a man, slept with him, and conducted a passionate one-way love affair with him
Haven't heard anything about this.... I wanna know more! Sounds bizarre.
As for my kids, well, maple syrup is awesome for making pictures stick to the fridge. WAY better than magnets.
I'm not anywhere near able to start querying yet (haven't finished anything) but my dream agent is a woman and I'm not even writing romance.
Most of my wanted agents are women as well.
But, I think (anecdotal evidence only), that the romance publishing industry as a whole is slightly skewed towards women, isn't it? That is, there are more women working in it than men, therefore it makes sense that most agents who take on romance are women and the chances of anybody submitting to an agent who's female is also higher.
7. A "writer" stalked a man, slept with him, and conducted a passionate one-way love affair with him
I have a personal beef with #7. I'll show you lichu-ra-chur, you vile hag!
haha, Dee, you didn't even know that. I found her crazy with my mad Google skillz.
I don't know what this is about, Ann, (been up to my ears in edits and mostly off-line) but it really made me laugh.
I'm just glad to have had a lot of work to do this week.
Too bad you weren't at RT, we lured Laura to the dark side and made her dance with us every night, LOL!
Haha, who is "us", Lauren?
But the be-nice-don't-criticize crowd reminded me of the current U.S. administration telling journalists that they should report the good news out of Iraq, not the bad -- you know, or they're in danger of supporting the terrorists.
Internet trolls have their place in the scheme of mindless entertainment :)
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
And thank -you-, Rashenbo! I hope your kids don't get the idea that maple syrup makes everything better. I caught my son drinking from bottle when he was maybe two.
Good gracious, no, She. I'm not sure we even have maple trees here. Lots of palm trees, though.
It was Log Cabin, I think.
As for cleanup, Cora, well, let's just say I turned the basset hound loose on the mess before I tackled it. There was surprisingly little left for me to do. Just spritz with some cleaner and wipe. Daisy will eat anything.
No offense meant to Daisy Dexter Dobbs, of whose existence we were unaware when my son named our dog a year ago.
I TOTALLY found myself watching the progression of the latest edrama. LOL.
Loved the TT.
At this point, I don't care about an agent's gender so long as they can get the job done right for me.
Happy TT; Thanks for stopping by West of Mars!