tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532466010181355583.post3102085351088364920..comments2013-01-07T03:57:11.863-08:00Comments on The Drive: When mean became helpful: query tweetingAmanda C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04309988844696581683noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532466010181355583.post-86655419681474683892010-09-03T14:15:55.938-07:002010-09-03T14:15:55.938-07:00BTW, thanks for the shout out earlier, and for giv...BTW, thanks for the shout out earlier, and for giving me something to blog about today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532466010181355583.post-87308081888192120682010-09-03T14:13:17.473-07:002010-09-03T14:13:17.473-07:00I experienced this first hand by an agent you ment...I experienced this first hand by an agent you mentioned, and I was quite surprised to read their apology and reflection on the matter. I'm all for feedback, but mean-spirited/unprofessional is something completely different. The only one who loses in this debate is the agent, because soon those needles in a haystack won't be there to find anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532466010181355583.post-33331255689974075802010-09-02T03:18:58.061-07:002010-09-02T03:18:58.061-07:00whoo hoo!! Congrats Amanda on your first award! Yo...whoo hoo!! Congrats Amanda on your first award! You definitely have to link to them for us to see! :-) <br /><br />I'm not a Devil's advocate for this one either. I fully admit that I had this morbid curiosity towards #queryslam when I first stumbled upon it, but got really turned off by that intern, really fast! I think the thing that bothered me the most was that (as far as I can tell), she doesn't have an agent herself, and definitely isn't published. So...who is she to judge what is good and what is bad!? Where does her expertise come from?! I mean, as an unpublished author, I know how badly I want it and I know how hard I work. I also know how hard my unpublished friends want it too and how much we are all trying to learn, and I can't imagine reading one of their queries/chapters and saying, "This book is about 'X'? That's so unoriginal. I'm not reading this for you." Like, who am I to say that?! I wonder if Agents know that their interns do this, and why they put their reputations at risk to be associated with stuff like that? <br /><br />The way I see it is, millions of people scored an agent before twitter was invited, so, there must be other 'educational' ways of learning about the process!Lo Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460559668621357188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532466010181355583.post-77090271808002934802010-09-01T14:27:23.186-07:002010-09-01T14:27:23.186-07:00Dear Amanda,
I think your blogs are fantastic and...Dear Amanda,<br /><br />I think your blogs are fantastic and I've decided to award you the Versatile Blogger and One Lovely Blog Awards. Congrats, you deserve them! (See them on my page and copy them to yours, if you wish)<br /><br />Tessa :)Tessa Quinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619129838476851241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532466010181355583.post-91640082638344638572010-09-01T13:08:53.317-07:002010-09-01T13:08:53.317-07:00Well, I'm not a Devil's Advocate for this ...Well, I'm not a Devil's Advocate for this one. In fact one of my posts regarding grammar was in direct response to #queryslam. I'm not a fan of these things. I do not find it educational at all. And while I know some queries are crazy, I imagine those writers FEEL they have researched/prepared/etc. It's just in such bad taste to be so mean! I can tell you that I will not query even one of the agents that slams queries. <br /><br />*Steps off soapbox* Hahaha!Melissa Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02966291275720561057noreply@blogger.com