Comments on: Handle with care http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/09/handle-with-care/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Hillsy http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/09/handle-with-care/comment-page-1/#comment-25026 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:58:51 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6540#comment-25026 “…….but given the general state of my piles……..”

Toooooooooooooooooooooo much information! They say sitting on a cold fort can do that, though.

(Sorry to lower the tone….hehe)

]]> By: Carol J. Garvin http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/09/handle-with-care/comment-page-1/#comment-25021 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:13:55 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6540#comment-25021 The suggestions seemed pretty logical, except perhaps for the last sentence in point #3. As a new client I would expect to be at the bottom of an agent’s priority list, and wouldn’t feel right pestering for attention, but I would still anticipate the same professional courtesies as any other client. The article made it sound like agents don’t intend to perform many of their contracted responsibilities on behalf of a newcomer, and I sincerely doubt that.

Happy fort sitting. :)

]]> By: Catherine Whitney http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/09/handle-with-care/comment-page-1/#comment-25020 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:14:37 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6540#comment-25020 If I were a first-time writer or someone who had just nabbed an agent, I would be bummed by the tone of the HP piece. Although the advice seems right, it is delivered in a very hostile tone (I thought), and while there are many “Don’ts” there are no “Do’s.” The general attitude is, “You craven fool, stop drooling on my shoes.” How about an article that actually describes the nature of an effective, mutually respectful author-agent relationship?

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