Wow! I missed Moving Day and a bunch of great news. I see the junk poster is up on the wall already, and someone's been tossing dirty clothes on the couch and empty vodka bottles in the corner. And what's that smell? * smells like pee in here *
Lily! Where's the Febreze?
Elisabetta - cool Turkish fort! I like Kris' idea - it would look great dusted with powdered sugar.
lwalker - Great Gumption! Vamp dust for the rev!
Lisa - Congrats on the book launch!
Dawn - WOOT! on the top 10 listing!
Justme - WOOHOO for signing the new agent!
Team Evil - great pics!
Ink - Giant Yay! for agent feedback and clear biopsy!
Blue - way to go, taking on that fierce competition in the Wine category!
Hi Thalia! Welcome back.
Mystery, I wish I had funny (agent) stories. Mine are all grim.
I have no funny ones either - but a great blow-to-the-gut rejection. We bitch about the boilerplate rejections we get from agents, without telling you what's wrong with your writing. lwalker got a really nice feedback email from the agent she queried. Here's one response I got:
"You don't have the writing skills to pull off such a complex mix of action and emotion."
That was from Dream Agent, when I queried her with the original version of Book 1. She was right, and I was thankful she provided the feedback.
She emailed me again the next day, asking for my home address so she could mail me some books and she gave me a reading list of others I should buy, so I could figure out what Book 1 was supposed to look like. Although she kicked me to the curb after 2 revs, without her help, I wouldn't have hooked Agent.
No news on the sub yet.