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Nope, nothing personal. Just recently he did send me an email asking for the first 100 pages of the book to read over the holidays. Haven't heard back yet, but I guess it still is sort of the holidays.
thanks, Spiny. Will you tell me when he gets back to you? i'd like to know how long he takes.
Nope, nothing personal. Just recently he did send me an email asking for the first 100 pages of the book to read over the holidays. Haven't heard back yet, but I guess it still is sort of the holidays.
Ugh. That's not good news at all. Anyone see any way I can contact him at The Creative Culture?
The day before this thread was started, Elblonk contacted me out of the blue to say that my submission wasn't right for Nina Collins, but that he was interested in taking a look to see how I pulled the idea off. He invited me to submit my entire manuscript to him via e-mail, saying that he would read it over the holidays. Never heard back from him of course. It wasn't until late March that I found out he left Collins Literary Agency at the end of December. Clearly he knew he was going to be leaving and was just trying to grab whatever possibilities there were on his way out. Shady, shady, shady character. Now I'm paranoid.
it's more like i'm uncomfortable that he wasn't up front about the fact that he was going to be leaving the agency.
Well, I think that would be a good reason for you not to work with him, if that bothers you.
Seriously, these things often go back and forth, though--he may well have been considering an offer from Creative Culture and a counter-offer to stay at Collins. Publishing is a very volatile business and people change jobs quickly, often without the "two weeks' notice" that's standard in many other industries.
As for the "I hate the publishing industry, so I'm going to self-publish"--if you find the back-and-forth of the publishing industry off-putting, wait until you get into the wonderful world of self-publishing. Assuming you can navigate the scammer-filled shark tank and make your way to a legit publishing service or printer, and find a legit distributor or wholesaler, you're then going to spend an enormous amount of time chasing down overdue payments, even from the people with the best intentions in the world.
And as for the Lori Perkins thing--either your friend misunderstood the agency's perfectly standard contract, or there was some miscommunication between your friend and you. Full stop.
Thanks for the encouragement.