Comments on: Every Literary Agent’s Dream Novel

By: Les

Les — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 03:01:46 +0000

Curtis R. Rich, combat veteran and author of the excellent “Drive to Survive”, and a really great Vietnam novel, “The Advisors” tried to have published another Vietnam novel “Common Valor” sometime later. He said the publishing industry had changed and they weren’t interested unless he depicted the troops as the hordes of Genghis Khan, that is, as our current Sec of State did. He wound up going through Publish America.

By: fionadruce

fionadruce — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:54:59 +0000

In reply to chrishernandezauthor. You know, I was going to come up with some pithy remark but all I could do was nod and think "Yeah. Yeah, they will," while sifting through the the haunted memories of past agent critiques on my own work. :p

By: chrishernandezauthor

chrishernandezauthor — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:29:11 +0000

In reply to fionadruce.

Fiona,

I’m teaching a class at a writer’s conference next month and interviewing with two agents. I think I’m just going to sit down with them and say, “I know you’re not interested in my novels.” Then I’ll tell them about this story, and they’ll probably give me a contract on the spot for 10 books over five years.

By: fionadruce

fionadruce — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:25:09 +0000

I would seriously love to see this story pitched to a bunch of agents, just to see their reaction. 😀

And maybe for a eency weency little bit of spite. 😉

By: chrishernandezauthor

chrishernandezauthor — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:49:09 +0000

In reply to Joshua Green. If I did that, I think I'd still deserve to be drowned in a moat. Food for thought, though.