tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post6666626998407155874..comments2024-03-26T22:40:30.265-07:00Comments on Dishin' It Out: Literary AgentsConnie Vineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835205487088200480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-61320096360122654842008-08-22T17:47:00.000-07:002008-08-22T17:47:00.000-07:00Hi Ginger, Our writing group just discussed prolo...Hi Ginger, Our writing group just discussed prologues at our last meeting. Mixed feelings even among the writers in the group about using them. I think, if done well, a prologue whets the reader's appetite to read the book. Then again, it can reveal too much info and ruin the rest of the story. sigh nothing is ever easy. lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-61831640933113792402008-08-20T10:56:00.000-07:002008-08-20T10:56:00.000-07:00Hey Girl,I thought of something else and just had ...Hey Girl,<BR/>I thought of something else and just had to come back and comment...as a reader who has read thousands of books, I love prologues...there are some famous authors who use prologues I can name,Heather Graham for one and I'm betting there is no one who considers her a lazy author...I've read her books for years and adored every prologue she ever wrote...what is so bad about prologues? As an author, I also include them in work...I think prologues are important...they have something to tell and it isn't always backstory or hogwash...not liking a prologue sounds more like a personal preference of the agent rather than a professional one because if they weren't accepted by publishers and editors, there wouldn't be books out there with them....JMHO....TabsTabitha Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972042366495721348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-10125281368709054302008-08-20T10:46:00.000-07:002008-08-20T10:46:00.000-07:00Hi Ginger,Wonderful article, but then your blogs a...Hi Ginger,<BR/>Wonderful article, but then your blogs are always fantastic...<BR/>I've had a little (very little) experience with agents and I have to tell you, the experience I've had has always been unplesant. I also have to say that the list of things not to do or the agent will give you the ax needs to include... be careful what you title your book. Some agents simply don't like your book title and that is reason enough for rejection. As for obtaining Kristin Nelson, good luck, I had a rejection from her, too. Oh, by the way, the title of my book the three agents didn't like went on to become a top ten best seller at Fictionwise for my E-publisher, Eternal Press and I did it all without said benefit of an agent. Sure, I'd love to see my books in print and on NY's best seller list, but if I never do, I've still accomplished something I never thought possible....I'm published and there are readers out there who know my name and I'm garnering more fans daily...I'm a happy camper....TabsTabitha Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972042366495721348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-28507581667924870872008-08-18T12:17:00.000-07:002008-08-18T12:17:00.000-07:00Margaret,It sounds like we've both had some bum lu...Margaret,<BR/>It sounds like we've both had some bum luck. Maybe our time will come, who knows?<BR/><BR/>GingerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683064637626718318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915423025917785375.post-39252094685086614052008-08-18T05:16:00.000-07:002008-08-18T05:16:00.000-07:00Hi ginger,I can relate to the agent dilema. Actual...Hi ginger,<BR/>I can relate to the agent dilema. Actually I have had two Agents, one almost got me a contract with a small English publishing company, but when the publisher was taken over by a larger one, they didn't want my manuscript, said Agent rode off into the sunset so to speak, never to be seen by me again.<BR/>Second Agent, nice lady, had just about sold a different manuscript, to an American publisher and guess what she died and deal fell through.<BR/>So, I'm thinking me and Agents don't mix.<BR/>Cheers<BR/>MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.com