Comments on The News From Constantinople: Whiff of doubt?

I agree that phrase isn't an acceptable substitute...

2010-02-02T10:19:05.276-06:00

I agree that phrase isn't an acceptable substitute for the word "now", but maybe that's why I write and he is an agent.

Keep the towel around your shrinking waist, my boy...

2010-02-01T12:33:39.469-06:00

Keep the towel around your shrinking waist, my boy, and don't fret over rejection letters that contain the phrase "at this very time"; what the hell does that mean?

I know what you mean. My skin is getting thicker b...

2010-01-28T20:36:54.306-06:00

I know what you mean. My skin is getting thicker by the day, Mick, but I'm not ready to throw in the towel just yet.

I had a manuscript that I shopped around about 12 ...

2010-01-28T19:05:12.222-06:00

I had a manuscript that I shopped around about 12 years ago. Was very difficult to deal with the silence and rejection because I poured a lot of my personal life into the novel. I'm talking the painful stuff. Anyway, I was shocked by how rude some of the replies were. It was like I was upsetting these people by the mere fact that I tried to break into their cozy literary world. Never again.

And connect with Cathleen's friend.

2010-01-28T16:35:58.001-06:00

And connect with Cathleen's friend.

Thanks Q. Yes I have a couple of conferences on m...

2010-01-28T14:08:47.898-06:00

Thanks Q. Yes I have a couple of conferences on my schedule later this spring, and I have also just sent my first query to a small southern press.

assuming you are traveling to local writers' confe...

2010-01-28T12:01:20.050-06:00

assuming you are traveling to local writers' conferences in order to meet agents face-to-face? Odds are much better that way...

May also be time to start sending materials to smaller publishers...often don't need an agent with them...