Just keep your mouth shut...
Mood: Can't be summed up into one, or even two, moods
What I'm watching right now: MSNBC
Just in case I didn't get the point across in my last post, this whole agent thing is hard.
I wish that there was a part of me that could sit back and say, "Wow, what's happening now is great. No matter how it turns out, this is a good sign." But I can't. Wanna know why?
Because I can't manage to keep my mouth shut! Let's just say, hypothetically of course, that I was talking to an agent and they have ideas about my book, and I love %99 of them but there are a few, (huge) issues but I'm open to them, but in the (amazing) difficulties of life, another agent (or more) has a full and the smart thing to do would be to wait that out before making changes and sending it back to hypothetical agent. "Awesome!" I should have (hypothetically) said, "I'll get to work on it and we'll see how it turns out. I'll let you know when I'm ready to work on the big stuff."
Not say, "I think I'll work on it now and send it back to you anyway." No. No. No.
Now, in my defense, it was late and I was out of my mind. I realize now that I should have just left that part out because, of course, said agent doesn't (hypothetically) want to see it again until we can talk about the big changes that I'm not willing to make just yet. But I blabbered, people. To an agent.
This is what happens when you're 22, dealing with agents (hypothetically, of course) for the first time and really digging the hypothetical agent's ideas. Oh and talking through e-mails that you can't unsend.
It reminds me of high school relationships. When you say something to that really cute guy or girl and then realize later that you sounded like an idiot and you're all, "Why did I say that?!" Yeah, that's me right now. Also, there's the whole, "But what does that mean?" part that you always go through when dealing with those high school issues. You guessed it, going through that now too.
I just want to make my book the best book it can be. Agents are obviously important to the publishing process but dammit, so is making my book great.
This post isn't making any sense, (thus is my life) but I just needed to rant a little. If I could go into detail and not seem like I was bragging/complaining I would, but I'm not sure that's a great idea. Just know that this is hard. Hopefully the hypothetical agent realizes that I'm just a writer eager to write a good book and that's why I'm so damn eager. And hopefully said hypothetical agents won't think I'm an idiot. Because I think I might seem like one right now.
Also, big question. Do you go with an agent that wants you or fight for the agents you really, really want? That's not to say that a) I have an offer or b) that I don't think that all of the (hypothetical) agents I'm talking to aren't awesome. But if faced with that, what the hell do you do??
Like I said: Hard.
I think I'll go hide under the covers now.
Rule #1 when searching for agents: Just shut up.
-B
What I'm watching right now: MSNBC
Just in case I didn't get the point across in my last post, this whole agent thing is hard.
I wish that there was a part of me that could sit back and say, "Wow, what's happening now is great. No matter how it turns out, this is a good sign." But I can't. Wanna know why?
Because I can't manage to keep my mouth shut! Let's just say, hypothetically of course, that I was talking to an agent and they have ideas about my book, and I love %99 of them but there are a few, (huge) issues but I'm open to them, but in the (amazing) difficulties of life, another agent (or more) has a full and the smart thing to do would be to wait that out before making changes and sending it back to hypothetical agent. "Awesome!" I should have (hypothetically) said, "I'll get to work on it and we'll see how it turns out. I'll let you know when I'm ready to work on the big stuff."
Not say, "I think I'll work on it now and send it back to you anyway." No. No. No.
Now, in my defense, it was late and I was out of my mind. I realize now that I should have just left that part out because, of course, said agent doesn't (hypothetically) want to see it again until we can talk about the big changes that I'm not willing to make just yet. But I blabbered, people. To an agent.
This is what happens when you're 22, dealing with agents (hypothetically, of course) for the first time and really digging the hypothetical agent's ideas. Oh and talking through e-mails that you can't unsend.
It reminds me of high school relationships. When you say something to that really cute guy or girl and then realize later that you sounded like an idiot and you're all, "Why did I say that?!" Yeah, that's me right now. Also, there's the whole, "But what does that mean?" part that you always go through when dealing with those high school issues. You guessed it, going through that now too.
I just want to make my book the best book it can be. Agents are obviously important to the publishing process but dammit, so is making my book great.
This post isn't making any sense, (thus is my life) but I just needed to rant a little. If I could go into detail and not seem like I was bragging/complaining I would, but I'm not sure that's a great idea. Just know that this is hard. Hopefully the hypothetical agent realizes that I'm just a writer eager to write a good book and that's why I'm so damn eager. And hopefully said hypothetical agents won't think I'm an idiot. Because I think I might seem like one right now.
Also, big question. Do you go with an agent that wants you or fight for the agents you really, really want? That's not to say that a) I have an offer or b) that I don't think that all of the (hypothetical) agents I'm talking to aren't awesome. But if faced with that, what the hell do you do??
Like I said: Hard.
I think I'll go hide under the covers now.
Rule #1 when searching for agents: Just shut up.
-B
Labels: Agents.