tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18578900.post2518363114825786941..comments2023-11-18T21:50:35.264+00:00Comments on The Art of the Grand Gesture: Making Use Of Agent FeedbackO hAnnrachainnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01142386347577322443noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18578900.post-91173318860311967642010-09-06T21:21:35.122+01:002010-09-06T21:21:35.122+01:00...and then there is the LA fwy car chase ploy wit......and then there is the LA fwy car chase ploy with the tossing of the books out the window.<br /><br />I do like that. Yes, very much so. Thank you for the idea. We'll share profits.<br /><br />Aside from that, with all this experience you have with agents and all that, and with your wicked sense of humor, you should write a novel about a writer who after going through all the rejections and Kafkaesque travails, ending up like a squashed bug (another Kafka thing), ends up insane and goes on a rampage of revenge and retribution. And so that it sells, add: "that leads to profound transformation and redemption." MwahahahahahahahahaAeneashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894069466023892561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18578900.post-18073201117768039412010-09-06T21:16:45.994+01:002010-09-06T21:16:45.994+01:00Ah... the torture your friends marketing ploy. I k...Ah... the torture your friends marketing ploy. I know that well. But, see, your blog is an effective marketing tool--one purchase. :)<br /><br />I promise a review on Amazon.com.<br /><br />(Goes off to find more people to torture. In the words of Monty Python, one never expects the Inquisition.)Aeneashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894069466023892561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18578900.post-33105534267227308102010-09-06T19:36:02.469+01:002010-09-06T19:36:02.469+01:00Hope you enjoy it and she's thrilled that some...Hope you enjoy it and she's thrilled that someone bought it without being asked (the badgering of friends marketing system).<br /><br />I don't know how to get found in cyberspace because it's so crowded out here.<br /><br />Although if you would get involved in a police chase along some major L.A. freeway and tossed copies of your books out the window, maybe you'd stand out?O hAnnrachainnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142386347577322443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18578900.post-39592270663385797162010-09-06T18:07:11.953+01:002010-09-06T18:07:11.953+01:00I'm meandering my way back to the blogs (it...I'm meandering my way back to the blogs (it's a once a month endeavor) Thank you for 'driving by' my website. A bit of a useless entreprise unless you're famous; but at least that great movie director who can't put my book down would be able to find me in cyberspace and be completely enthralled by my genius.<br /><br />Ah, it's your cousin's book! I did wonder, since you seem hell-bent on getting published 'the real' way and I was surprised. Anyway... I got the book and it's in line to be read.Aeneashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894069466023892561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18578900.post-46553604071714586022010-08-26T12:45:42.477+01:002010-08-26T12:45:42.477+01:00Actually, it's my cousin's literary rambli...Actually, it's my cousin's literary ramblings that I'm plugging. We're thinking of starting up our own publishing firm to put out our works, but I'm going to try the small presses with my manuscript before I commit to her scheme.<br /><br />I'm off to your website to see what you've been up to all these months.O hAnnrachainnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142386347577322443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18578900.post-37092258927996943232010-08-26T04:41:38.236+01:002010-08-26T04:41:38.236+01:00Ooooh, I just saw your book on Amazon, The Leaven ...Ooooh, I just saw your book on Amazon, The Leaven of the Pharisees. I didn't notice it before in your blog. (That is you, right?)<br /><br />Anyway, I just purchased the book. I read it before when you had excerpts, but now I want to read 'on paper'. Awesome!!!Aeneashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894069466023892561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18578900.post-63866867915393005932010-08-26T04:18:09.059+01:002010-08-26T04:18:09.059+01:00Well... it's been a while since I've been ...Well... it's been a while since I've been at your site (life, you know...) and I find good--actually, great--news. Yes, you are right. When an agent takes time to make such specific suggestions, it shows that she liked it, it 'grabbed' her enough for her to read it and make suggestions.<br /><br />Don't let that little voice get to you. On the other hand, it might be the voice you need to get your adrenaline going to think beyond your concept of your novel. How you 'see' it and how a reader 'sees' it.<br /><br />Your on your way. :)<br /><br />BTW, (and this is not crass advertisement) go to www.adrianarenescu.com. Take a peek.Aeneashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894069466023892561noreply@blogger.com