tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post77199291250215604..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: God Save Us From Brown-Nosing SuckholesKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-66928394052259027742016-06-12T15:22:28.448+01:002016-06-12T15:22:28.448+01:00Thanks, for the feedback, Dennis, Jan, Jo, Bill an...Thanks, for the feedback, Dennis, Jan, Jo, Bill and Valerie. Jo, I think it's natural and healthy to feel and express real gratitude--as you say, with no sense of obligation. I reacted--or rantacted--to what Valerie beautifully nailed: agents stoking the hopes of newbies who may shell out thousands for courses, then grovel online for the break they thought they were paying for. I've never met an agent who couldn't say no in a heartbeat to a book they adored but knew they couldn't sell. Or a book it would take too much effort to sell.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-31169521126929392222016-06-12T14:05:00.933+01:002016-06-12T14:05:00.933+01:00Plenty of grovelling on social media, to people th...Plenty of grovelling on social media, to people they believe can DO something to advance their careers - and some agents, and publishers, are diversifying and using one job to stoke the other. So Mr E runs courses, people shell out for them in the hopes he'll take them on after, a prospect he can dangle over them long enough for them to post grovelling reviews which in turn get more to go on his courses... someone on fb yesterday had submitted to a publisher who had said their work needed editing, and it just so happened they have a professional editing company, please pay here (with heavy hints it would then be publishable,yeah right). Vanity publishing, thinly disguised.<br />Rather wish I'd not seen your opening picture at lunchtime though Reb...Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-60758566537433952682016-06-12T11:42:08.546+01:002016-06-12T11:42:08.546+01:00It's the reverse side of the trolling coin, is...It's the reverse side of the trolling coin, isn't it? Thanks to social media, lying is the universal currency.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-18904626988129465102016-06-12T10:11:00.950+01:002016-06-12T10:11:00.950+01:00I can think of other writers, even agents, who hav...I can think of other writers, even agents, who have inspired me. I've gone home with a spring in my step - and for that I'm grateful. But that doesn't mean I owe them - or they owe me! JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-41078022506664082672016-06-12T10:05:00.702+01:002016-06-12T10:05:00.702+01:00good rant. happy sunday, reb! one of my agents wan...good rant. happy sunday, reb! one of my agents wanted to sleep with me once. had to turn him down...Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-86614424002140846962016-06-12T07:10:24.557+01:002016-06-12T07:10:24.557+01:00'Twas ever thus, Reb. You can't stop the b...'Twas ever thus, Reb. You can't stop the buggers and neither can I. 'By their fruits shall ye know them.'Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.com