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Mocknick Productions Literary Agency

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The AI woman is really unnerving. I asked about recent sales, and she told me about how they used to give out that information but a 'lynch mob' of editors and clients came after them.
I said 'That sounds like a fabulation.'
She said 'It sounds like it to me, too.'
Then she blinked repeatedly. I hear that's a sign of shiftiness - nice of them to have programmed that in.
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A contract fee? $450? Guess what. It doesn't cost anywhere near $1.23 per day to rep a client. Maybe a few years ago, we spent money on mailing and copying, but now that the majority of publishers take material by email, the costs have gone down so much that Gloria and I are looking for tax write-offs, other than postage and printing.

Does this guy give his clients a printout of individual costs? Be interesting to see.
 

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Arielle is the virtual hostess. Her job is to give us information on the agency and the literary business in general, or so it says in the first video. Then she cried, sat for two frames wearing sunglasses indoors, fell down, and had another sex doll pull a rifle on her.

Which part of that was my five hundred smackers for? Is it explained later? 'Cos I was done.

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I am utterly disturbed by this. I fear I may even have nightmares.

Not only does this "Lit Agency" charge fees but trying to promote their agency with the use of a sex doll... has bad news written all over it.

I almost wish other agents would comment on such tactics being used here, Curious what real professionals think lol
 

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That virtual hostess is creepy and extremely unattractive.

*Shudder*
 

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If having a sex-doll (sorry... stunt doll) as your public face wasn't bad enough - this is a guy who is trying to sell his own script (starring the doll) via Inktip.

If that's his strategy as a literary agent then his clients are in real trouble.

Do people seriously fall for this kind of stuff ?

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Thanks so much for the link to this guy's site. I had to double-check here because I totally thought it was a joke. I haven't laughed that hard in ages. Surely, surely those videos are enough to drive people AWAY from this dude?