Yes, I’m a touch early for those of us on EST, but tomorrow’s looking nutty, so here it is a few hours earlier than Monday morning…
Let me start by saying I was BUMMED to have to cancel last month’s Agent Shop date.
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But I did have a great conversation with Laura Bradford, who suffered from an internet interruption. She’s agreed to come back and do a different Agent Shop date. Yay! Agents are AWESOME! I mean really, all the agents we’ve had here have been stellar!
For this month’s Agent Shop, the awesome SARA CROWE from HARVEY KLINGER, INC., will be our guest agent!
And next week, I’ll find out who our spotlight author will be. So excited. I’ll update when I hear back.
So, here’s the details:
PITCH DAY – OCT. 23rd @ approx 10:00am EST. (Yep BEFORE Halloween, because we all know how crazy THAT can get.)
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Wait for the word GO to appear on the main page of the blog BEFORE you send me your pitch. Send to candi_agent_shop @ yahoo.com Please remember to wait until after you see the word go. If it comes in before then – DELETE.
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Please remember to read the rules under the AGENT SHOP tab above. I delete without mercy. Sorry, but it has to be done. Look at this as your first step toward following agent guidelines to the letter.
Don’t make me get my ruler out.
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Very simple actually, but inevitably, I end up with one or two authors FURIOUS with me because their pitch doesn’t show up the next day. Sorry all, but I’m here to help, not hold hands.
BUT, since I’m all about the helping, here’s a morsel to chew on this fine Columbus day.
Columbus had a vision. He knew what he had to convince people of, was going to be difficult. He had to SELL his idea, his dream, his vision. He had to find the right words, the right people, the right timing, including making sure he could answer the tough questions someone was bound to ask. He had to convince people to give him, AND HIS IDEA, a chance.
SOUND FAMILIAR?!?!?!? Pitching’s been around forever, in so many different ways, yet with so many crazy similarities it’s astounding to think about it. If you’ve done your work, made it the best it can be, have passion and drive and the willingness to put yourself out there, eventually, you will get there. Just keep shooting for the unobtainable and building your way to reaching it!
I mean really, I bet the first being to create fire was looked at oddly by others.
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I can hear it now…
Try #1 “Uh, grunt, oh-oh, grunt, ugh.”
Try #2 “Grunt, grunt, ugh, oh-oh, ugh.”
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Keep at it, and someday you’ll convince that agent, editor, publisher, that you’ve got something special!
By the way, today is the LAST day to enter the Mills & Boon New Voices contest!
I’d love to have you stop by and read/rate my entry STAY. And of course, enter! There are more than 800 entries and it’ll be chopped down to twenty entries VERY SOON!
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Good luck, and I’ll see you all soon.
More updates to come next monday!
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