[FONT=helvetica,arial]Darlin' - I fired my agent, two editors have had my book for a year, can I approach another agent to bug the editors[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]StellaC - Yes, Shey--if everyone who doesn't have an agent just gave up--there's be very little new stuff going to the houses.[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]Darlin' - because Dorchester said end of Jan they need another month and now it's mid-April[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]StellaC - May I ask who the agent was?[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]Darlin' - Tina Tsallas of Great Titles Inc out of Toronto, ex Harlequin employee of 20 years[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]StellaC - I'm trying to establish was his/her relationship might have been to houses.[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]Darlin' - Cindy Hwang at Berkley didn't asnwer her calls and Tina said Chris at Dorchester is veyr slow[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]shey - thanks Stella I'll remember that because I'm not agent hunting yet[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]StellaC - Hmm--Tina is a nice woman. Any particular reason forfiring her?[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]Darlin' - We hit it off great, but things deteriorated[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]StellaC - I understand. If you have another agent on the hook, ask her to follow up. If not, follow up yourself. Don't forget to commisserate over how busy everyone is and how well you understand this.[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]Darlin' - I did a lot of soul searching and discussed this with Judith Duncan who's been my mentor for years.[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]StellaC - Judith is a smarth and kind cookie.[/FONT]
[FONT=helvetica,arial]Darlin' - she never liked the original contract, she charged me fees, just a lot of stuff[/FONT]