Election Day in Oregon

Can you see me? I'm over toward the left side of the picture there. Look near the blue smudge by the white and fleshy and reddish hues about 23 pixels to the right of the guy wearing the Novick "Vote for the Hook" t-shirt. I'm right between that bald guy and the lady wearing the tube top. See me? That's me!!!

Another Agent Extraordinairess. Maybe.

Is this the one?

Dear Dan,
Blah blah blah and thanks for getting in touch with me about your novel, which sounds interesting. Please email me the first 100 pages.
I look forward to reading and being in touch.
Best wishes,
Lady Elizabeth

Who knows. She's probably just being nice. I might respond. Might not. Whatever. If I wait long enough, maybe she'll email me back -- "Hey, Whaddup? I never heard from you and was a-wonderin' ..." That would be pretty cool. Then I'd know for sure if she really thought I had something that really interested her. I think that's my new plan. My new modus operandi: hard to get. As an unproven writer who wants to get his Great American Work of Fiction published, I can probably improve in the area of sitting back and letting the world come to me. Damn. I wish I thought of that before.

Agentress III: Rejected!!!

Here's the reply after being asked for the first three chapters. Yes, dreams were dashed once again:

"There's something really lovely about your writing -- clear, simple, sweet. I liked the concept of your story, and your background is intriguing, especially your work for The Oregonian. (I'm actually from Eugene.) I wanted to make this work and yet . . ."

And it goes downhill for the next five hundred words. Oh well.

Another New Agentress

I gotz my favorite kind of mail today.

Dear Mr. O'Brien,
Thank you for your query. I was intrigued by your book description and would like to request the first three chapters of the manuscript. You can send them in a Word attachment via return e-mail, or by post at the address below. Thanks again for thinking of me. I look forward to reading your work.
Best,
Angelique Ackerbenstein
Angel Agent Associates, Inc.
983 Seventh Avenue, Suite 465
New York, NY 10123

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