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Why Agents Are Lovely People

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Some days emails to my agent start like this:

Dear Ma’am:
I’m wondering if you could instruct me on how to write a novel. 😉
Where I go on to explain all the mistakes I see in my work and sign the message with my typical C.

Then I find in my inbox a response like this:
Hi C, (and now I’m back to childhood with my favorite orangey drink),
Sounds like a day of epiphanies. As such, it would appear you CAN write a novel. 🙂
After encouragement like that, I can happily get back to work. 






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Filed Under: encouragement, publication, the writing life

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  1. salarsenッ says

    January 19, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    So glad you have that encouragement. Waiting for the day…

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  2. Candyland says

    January 19, 2011 at 12:25 pm

    Dear C’s agent, I would love some epiphanies please!

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  3. Stephanie Cheryl says

    January 19, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    Love. I hope to one day know how lovely agents are as well. 🙂

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  4. Karen Akins says

    January 19, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    And with this post, your agent is going to get a deluge of queries. 🙂

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  5. Elle Strauss says

    January 19, 2011 at 7:28 pm

    And I can’t wait to read one!

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  6. Bethany Mattingly says

    January 19, 2011 at 10:53 pm

    😀 Hi-C, gotta love that.

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  7. Liesl says

    January 20, 2011 at 3:30 am

    I hope to have that someday!

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  8. Solvang Sherrie says

    January 20, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    Agent Michelle IS pretty wonderful, isn’t she? 🙂 Yay for epiphanies!!

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  9. Liz Davis says

    January 20, 2011 at 7:33 pm

    I hope to have that too.
    I stopped by to tell you that there’s an award waiting for you on my blog:
    http://novel-moments.blogspot.com

    Reply
  10. Jill Kemerer says

    January 20, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    Nice! And Hi-C sounds yummy!

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  11. Sarah says

    January 21, 2011 at 9:06 pm

    Love this! 😀

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  12. TerryLynnJohnson says

    January 23, 2011 at 9:04 pm

    What a nice boost! Sounds like you’ve got a keeper!

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  13. Keisha Martin says

    January 24, 2011 at 2:07 am

    Sounds like you have a great agent that briefly stops her busy schedule to offer you encouragement.=)

    BTW You are a great writer and I am looking forward to reading your novel when it hits the shelves.

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  14. Caroline Starr Rose says

    January 24, 2011 at 3:46 am

    Keisha, thanks!

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