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This may be more of an agent vent, but why is it that authors (and especially prospective authors) have to maintain a squeaky-clean Twitter image, but agents often have a free-for-all, especially when it comes to queries? Do they not realize that the very authors querying them are probably following them?
There was one agent I queried early on, and I am so thankful she rejected me, because having seen her on Twitter since I queried, to be honest, her behavior horrifies me. Every other post is complaining about how bad the queries are... how ridiculous the authors are who are querying her... and I'm secondhand-embarrassed every time she does this. Honestly, she could come begging with a six-figure advance and I wouldn't sign with her.
Do editors not pay attention to this, or is it simply accepted? Agents can say whatever and the writers are the lowest caste, watching their every move lest it be the one that kills any chance of publishing?
P.S. The reason I don't simply unfollow is because I really am hoping for a public karmic retribution.
P.P.S. Do they think this is helping authors? Only thing it helps me with is knowing who not to query.
There was one agent I queried early on, and I am so thankful she rejected me, because having seen her on Twitter since I queried, to be honest, her behavior horrifies me. Every other post is complaining about how bad the queries are... how ridiculous the authors are who are querying her... and I'm secondhand-embarrassed every time she does this. Honestly, she could come begging with a six-figure advance and I wouldn't sign with her.
Do editors not pay attention to this, or is it simply accepted? Agents can say whatever and the writers are the lowest caste, watching their every move lest it be the one that kills any chance of publishing?
P.S. The reason I don't simply unfollow is because I really am hoping for a public karmic retribution.
P.P.S. Do they think this is helping authors? Only thing it helps me with is knowing who not to query.
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