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I have a small dilemma, and am hoping someone here might have a good idea for what to do.
The main male protagonist in my novel set in the Old West (which is ready to go out for query) has the same name as a prominent agent. An agent I would very much like to send a query about this novel to.
I had the character named for at least 5 years (and for 4 and 3/4 of which I had never heard of this agent), and I don't want to change his name for a variety of reasons.
I wouldn't worry about this except that I read an article by Ethan Ellenberg where he said that it's a common trick, that authors "name" their characters after agents. I didn't, but don't have any idea of how to phrase the query letter so it doesn't sound like the most brown-nosing query/novel in the history of writing.
Any suggestions?
The main male protagonist in my novel set in the Old West (which is ready to go out for query) has the same name as a prominent agent. An agent I would very much like to send a query about this novel to.
I had the character named for at least 5 years (and for 4 and 3/4 of which I had never heard of this agent), and I don't want to change his name for a variety of reasons.
I wouldn't worry about this except that I read an article by Ethan Ellenberg where he said that it's a common trick, that authors "name" their characters after agents. I didn't, but don't have any idea of how to phrase the query letter so it doesn't sound like the most brown-nosing query/novel in the history of writing.
Any suggestions?