tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23515317533046356852024-03-13T23:20:38.705-04:00Thoughts from a Literary AgentBy Marisa A. CorvisieroAiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-60033433714120514092017-10-10T15:46:00.001-04:002017-10-10T16:08:24.249-04:00Corvisiero Literary Agency Taking it to the Next LevelI am delighted to share with all of you that the Corvisiero Literary Agency continues to improve, grow, and shine. I always describe our agency as a boutique agency. However, at one of my recent workshops, someone pointed out that <i>boutique</i> usually refers to a 'small and quaint shop'. I was happy to explain that even though we have grown (significantly), we continue to call ourselves a boutique operation because of the services we offer and the quality attention that we try to bestow on our authors.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITvrxfV3Ol6IhXHwvFiJtKzln3fj1S2qRT-Dup4GNinUoWAPn258-qCp5QiUzWefhazWM3JyZYQ18fFpzhd2twjJv4NND3KJHlJFHl2CM_XEtUsmc5XJZxo1GKaIMGkN_iyTK-Gqryho/s1600/personalgrowth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="360" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITvrxfV3Ol6IhXHwvFiJtKzln3fj1S2qRT-Dup4GNinUoWAPn258-qCp5QiUzWefhazWM3JyZYQ18fFpzhd2twjJv4NND3KJHlJFHl2CM_XEtUsmc5XJZxo1GKaIMGkN_iyTK-Gqryho/s320/personalgrowth.jpg" width="320" /></a>It's true that perhaps literary consulting or management could also be suitable terms for what we do, but we are agents to the core. In spite of all of the consulting, grooming, training, brainstorming, coaching, and alike attention we give our authors, our goal is getting clients publishing deals. Yes, we work on every step of the process from idea inception, to editing, to pitching, to negotiating, to marketing and platform building, to embracing a growth mindset with our authors, but all of this is just the <i>assistance and recourse</i> part of our services. Each of these services being an integral part of our business model that prepares authors for success and puts them in a better position to grow as authors and as AuthorPreneurs in order to attain and sustain success in publishing. When all of their ducks are properly lined up, that is when we are in the best possible position to champion their work.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxx4OPEbYbfrEpqBviAPYSXneai7Se4hyphenhyphencHDooY0f3Y4LElXHl2BOb6xmdgX1pudPRBuSwMEW8jOCZ9XMgY4ACy_ZuJ_9sjK-Uk6dwKc1TvrXFb4XVPUynAK3AYGOf8_b3BYKfn0B251s/s1600/boutique-firm-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxx4OPEbYbfrEpqBviAPYSXneai7Se4hyphenhyphencHDooY0f3Y4LElXHl2BOb6xmdgX1pudPRBuSwMEW8jOCZ9XMgY4ACy_ZuJ_9sjK-Uk6dwKc1TvrXFb4XVPUynAK3AYGOf8_b3BYKfn0B251s/s1600/boutique-firm-300x300.jpg" /></a>And so we will continue to call Corvisiero a boutique agency... and we will continue to grow. We have recently promoted <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/justin-wells.html">Justin Wells</a> to Jr. Agent, and <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/kaitlyn-johnson.html">Kaitlyn Johnson</a> and <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/kaitlyn-johnson.html">Meg LaTorre</a> Literary Agent Apprentices. We have also signed on a number of new interns and hired two experienced agents to join the ranks. One of the agents is <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/kortney-price.html">Kortney Price</a> (temporarily listed as Apprentice until she is Corvisiero Trained) and the other agent will be announced as soon as the ink is dry on the paperwork.<br />
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If you're wondering what an Agent Apprentice is, you are on the right track. In short, Agent Apprentice is a position in the hierarchy of the agency that I created about five years ago in order to ensure that there is no gap in the training of a deserving candidate that wants to become an agent with us. Basically, when we find an intern or candidate that is skilled, hardworking, ambitious (in a motivated kind of way), and fits in well with our team, they become my apprentice for about a year and we do intensive hands on training. I work with them to build their list, we choose projects together, we pitch work together, we negotiate contracts together, etc. We do this until I feel that they are ready to do the work competently on their own. To read about our <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/staff.html">current staff</a> and their <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/submissions.html">submission guidelines</a>, please take a look at our <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/">website</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/kelly-peterson.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJaVqsUOWdPaQ7VCvURIJIlm1wB-hc9qJmsQ5zCLerfGGdTH1g9b5bLcGeJ-JsphAPL0ahVbkMXRvCUTz6-1VCY_6kiEktFtCeP-CvAQycAJoSS3OZP-E2iE1rwFOosTwK49WoxQHobk/s1600/6823035-2_4.jpg" /></a>Speaking of submissions is the perfect segue to talk about the improvements that I mentioned above. I have been closed to query submissions for a few months now, and made some wonderful progress in reviewing and responding to projects. While doing that, I thought a lot about how we could improve this process so that it is more practical and efficient, with an eye toward making it easy for authors to submit their work to us, and to know where they stand while they wait. My other focus was on decreasing the work and amount of time that it takes to sort and review submission projects, and working on efficiency by decreasing incomplete or duplicate submissions. After many conversations with my brilliant staff, <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/kelly-peterson.html">Kelly Peterson</a> sent me a text with a link to a QueryManager feature saying, "This could change our lives." So I checked it out... and checked it out some more... and after toying with the idea of going completely automated, I decided to set up an account and give it a try. Kelly was right. QM is super fantastically awesome. Long story made short, we have decided to switch over!<br />
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I will therefore now officially announce that <b>Corvisiero Literary Agency is now using QueryManager to receive, sort, review, and respond to queries.</b> This means that when authors submit their work to us, they will be able to track progress we've made on their submission package. This new system will allow us to spend more time actually reading work and responding much faster and efficiently. No more lost or misplaced queries!<br />
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With this new system, every <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/representation.html">Literary Agent page</a> on our website now has a Submission Button that leads directly to the QueryManager form and upload page for that specific agent. All submissions will be electronically tracked and tallied by the system so we know exactly when something was sent and to whom, and what response was sent. This also allows me to better keep track of my staff's progress. It's a win all around. I'm sure this new process will help us find more gems in the query queue. Ultimately, the more gems we get to polish up and share with the world, the more <span style="text-align: center;">we all get to shine. </span><br />
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<b>I would also like to announce that I am now officially open to new submissions.</b> Effective today, October 10, 2017. Please follow my submission guidelines and click on the <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/marisa-corvisiero.html">Submit Work Here button on my page</a> to complete the form and upload your work for my consideration.<br />
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We are also in the process of planning a Writer's Retreat. More to follow on that, but if you are interested in learning more about us or from us, and would like to join us for a <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/charlottenc.html">FULL DAY WORKSHOP in North Carolina</a>, please check out the program and logistics on our website. Be sure to register as soon as possible. This will be a small workshop, so space is limited! Stay tuned for more.<br />
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Here's to shining bright!<br />
Marisa<br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-12982763888947091922017-09-12T09:58:00.002-04:002017-09-12T09:58:34.846-04:00Blessing Bag Brigade Joining Corvisiero Team and Authors for Good Cause<span style="color: #2a2a2a;">The </span><strong style="color: #2a2a2a;">Red Bank</strong><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">, <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/red-bank-nj-workshop.html">Author-Preneur Workshop </a></span><em style="color: #2a2a2a; position: relative;"><a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/red-bank-nj-workshop.html">by the River</a></em><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/red-bank-nj-workshop.html"> on September 16, 2017</a> is an amazing multilayered interactive full day workshop with presentations by me</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"> and other expert industry professional guests dedicated to authors’ success. </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj765ABNAtRmxZLxPVLjB43tTs7qFzDaFRXK7gR0p0D4tvABt9r4_CsRyKkv71o8_ylPbFtsmZAZ6C0M0mxZkWXk7HEK8V0Kle7IPpGsb4j6EN3VwIoP7zAZtwpSolCZ-qu1UQ4aRgZ_3I/s1600/blessing+bag+bregade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="680" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj765ABNAtRmxZLxPVLjB43tTs7qFzDaFRXK7gR0p0D4tvABt9r4_CsRyKkv71o8_ylPbFtsmZAZ6C0M0mxZkWXk7HEK8V0Kle7IPpGsb4j6EN3VwIoP7zAZtwpSolCZ-qu1UQ4aRgZ_3I/s320/blessing+bag+bregade.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">The workshop is presented at a beautiful location by the Navesink River in Red Bank, NJ, my hometown, where the setting is relaxing and inspiring. Light breakfast, lunch, and social mixer will be provided.</span><br />
<span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">During this retreat like full day workshop authors have the opportunity to attend various Presentations, pitch Literary Agents and Editors (Optional), get a book signed by NY Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors <a href="https://twitter.com/HeidiJoVT">Heidi McLaughlin</a> (author of Forever My Girl - soon to be a motion picture), <a href="https://twitter.com/TracyKSolheim">Tracy Solheim</a> (author of Sleeping with the Enemy), <a href="https://twitter.com/tishrabe">Tish Rabe </a>(author of Cat in the Hat books), and <a href="https://twitter.com/CindiMadsen">Cindy Madsen</a> (author of Cinderella Screwed Me), get work critiqued by Agents and Editors, attend the Gong Show: First Page Critique Literary Agent and Editor Panel, and Network with authors and industry professionals all day long and during a Networking Mixer after hours.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; text-align: center;">The extensive program includes everything from Publishing Options and Trends, to Landing an Agent, to Closing a Deal and Building an Author Platform. Just as importantly we do a small portion on Success Mindset during which we discuss allowing growth and positivity, thinking like a successful AuthorPreneur, living with gratitude and giving back. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a;">To enhance this portion of the workshop and share a little bit of my thankful mindset, we have partnered up with </span><a href="https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/blessing-bag-brigade-nj" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 171, 116); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">The Blessing Bag Brigade of NJ</span></strong></a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> to collect snacks, first aid items, and travel size toiletries to create Care Bags for the homeless. The Blessing Bag Brigade will talk to our authors, helps us assemble the goodie bags and then take them out for distribution to local homeless people in nearby areas of need. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">If you are attending the workshop, please bring some goodies to include in the bags! If you are an author or aspiring author and would like to sign up see information below or <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/red-bank-nj-workshop.html">Register Here</a>! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, September 16, 2017, at</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><a href="http://www.theoysterpointhotel.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 171, 116); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; color: #a7ab74; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Oyster Point Hotel</a><br />
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Happy Giving!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-78261156204035623702017-09-12T08:37:00.000-04:002017-09-12T08:37:16.939-04:00Why I do What I do... Teaching Workshops, Webinars, Bootcamps and more.<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">As you may have heard, I offer <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/workshops.html">writer's workshops</a> in different locations though my Literary Agency, <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/">Corvisiero Literacy Agency</a>. An Agency that now has grown by grooming 10 very capable and wonderful agents and a <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/staff.html">full staff</a> of more than 20 strong that share my vision and style. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DJo6HMUuzWgBmW9ygLV8VkCRGJn7xPuozupdERNIFjRvN7g8jAXf6ysxWE-eKBVJTRRaoRJVrUVsb63UIlrL5326W8f0Fo7T9Z7iDQqlYQPmYfvPn99-cfF4sUINckhyqjBwk9CzZhI/s1600/images-191.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="153" data-original-width="320" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DJo6HMUuzWgBmW9ygLV8VkCRGJn7xPuozupdERNIFjRvN7g8jAXf6ysxWE-eKBVJTRRaoRJVrUVsb63UIlrL5326W8f0Fo7T9Z7iDQqlYQPmYfvPn99-cfF4sUINckhyqjBwk9CzZhI/s320/images-191.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Who do my team and I do this? Basically we want to reach as many authors as possible with the entirely selfish goal of getting better queries and facilitating better work. lol I'm only partly joking...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I have been attending conferences for years. I've participated on panels, taken thousands of pitches, taught classes at these conferences, at other workshops, as well as online for writers associations and for <a href="https://www.writersdigestshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=corvisiero">Writers Digest</a>. I've basically done everything from virtual workshops, webinars, tutorials, and bootcamps to full day workshops all over the USA, Canada, and wherever the internet let me. These amazing teaching experiences eventually led to me wanting to give <span id="goog_1551905425"></span><span id="goog_1551905426"></span>more to authors. This was in part because I wanted to share more of what I know to help people proceed in the right direction, and in part, it was an inspiration out of necessity. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsyy9mtDLNIA10bTRnJkM9oWiZhmwvgrU3Ts2cKAtl9xQjb62T741fhRmXihOdNhZKYxcpJRV5jrBcJTZ0NELleTrjGjZG7ocBs3-KALAKeNbsjWDZNBc9hmk1j4upcjBp85KvxkdDm6c/s1600/corvisiero-stnd-c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="145" data-original-width="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsyy9mtDLNIA10bTRnJkM9oWiZhmwvgrU3Ts2cKAtl9xQjb62T741fhRmXihOdNhZKYxcpJRV5jrBcJTZ0NELleTrjGjZG7ocBs3-KALAKeNbsjWDZNBc9hmk1j4upcjBp85KvxkdDm6c/s1600/corvisiero-stnd-c.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Many times authors have come along shared about an experience they had that set them back, or tell me about some advice they received from another author, friend, or a </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: cabin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">supposed professional that let do unwanted results. More often than it should occur, the information is not only incorrect, but seriously misleading. So wrong in fact, that some bad information could seriously lead an author down the wrong path, resulting in a lot of wasted time and resources, and sometimes so damaging that it stops and otherwise discourages authors from ever getting published altogether. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I want to stop that, or at least reduce these instances, by offering authors as much knowledge as I can share without actually being their literary agent. I do a lot of this consulting, coaching and sharing with my clients, but there aren't enough hours in the day for me to make a bigger impact on the industry and reach more people if I sign them all. And </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I'll be completely honest with you,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> many authors aren't ready for me to represent them yet. So the answer is consulting and teaching to get them ready for me and other agents so that we can all succeed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">By offering my <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/workshops.html">Workshops</a>, I am able to educate, prepare, train and guide a lot more people who have the desire and potential to get published and to be amazing authors. I hope that if you are an aspiring author, one day I make my way to you... Or you make your way to me. ;)</span></span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-56063139386379908732017-09-11T18:08:00.001-04:002017-09-11T18:08:25.637-04:00NJ AuthorPreneur Workshop: Meet the Experts! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XmwAhoDJ2aUcjpgKmonyJCp0cA_oq15Q94ujwtEltz4pPOLM4pVrVnzN6glSJ9Ruh6PA6q8w6v6ZyalMLaNn8kjcES0wXn2kSlB52wgMhoV6Lt1FhJFB3v2qBODHnGgJ6ZHG_olTKkU/s1600/Molly-Pitcher-Inn-Wedding-Red-Bank-NJ-11_main.1402523768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="700" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XmwAhoDJ2aUcjpgKmonyJCp0cA_oq15Q94ujwtEltz4pPOLM4pVrVnzN6glSJ9Ruh6PA6q8w6v6ZyalMLaNn8kjcES0wXn2kSlB52wgMhoV6Lt1FhJFB3v2qBODHnGgJ6ZHG_olTKkU/s320/Molly-Pitcher-Inn-Wedding-Red-Bank-NJ-11_main.1402523768.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #444444;">Our very next <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/red-bank-nj-workshop.html">Workshop</a> is just days away in Red Bank, NJ on September 16, 2017. It isn't too late to register and join me on amazing lectures, a lesson on gratitude and giving back, and enjoy the opportunity to pitch reputable and experienced literary agents and editors from top publishing companies, and get your work critiqued. I personally designed these workshops to give a healthy mix of everything you need to know to publish successfully at any level of your writing career. The faculty joining us at this workshop is our best line up yet. I'm proud to say that we have some fantastic literary agents from my Literary Agency as well some of the best agencies in publishing, and a number of super star editors that can take your career to a whole new level. Please take a look at our guest experts. </span></span><br />
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<strong style="color: #818181; font-family: cabin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #8d2424;">Alec Shane, <em style="position: relative;">Literary Agent at Writers House</em></span></strong><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcdKK3H_gddlzoWuHeFvlWjHIweX4yOevsExvMmNO6gtIxf1t42_FRxEklEWGqYslP2Z79LfVtYLkK9XCF3RpMeLRv3ZtXcOHpnKQrd4TABxTtuq_XuAU-YFQMbwNEBmuLzeMJIJ9ACg/s1600/dcqp54sr-400x400_2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcdKK3H_gddlzoWuHeFvlWjHIweX4yOevsExvMmNO6gtIxf1t42_FRxEklEWGqYslP2Z79LfVtYLkK9XCF3RpMeLRv3ZtXcOHpnKQrd4TABxTtuq_XuAU-YFQMbwNEBmuLzeMJIJ9ACg/s1600/dcqp54sr-400x400_2.jpeg" /></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Alec began his career at Writers House as an intern in September of 2008 and simply refused to leave, so he was given the wonderful job of Assistant to Jodi Reamer. He is now also in the process of actively building his own list and currently represents a fairly eclectic mix of Children's and Adult fiction and nonfiction. He is eagerly looking for both.<br /><strong>Seeking:</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">On the fiction side, I love mysteries, thrillers (although I'm experiencing a bit of terrorist fatigue at the moment), bad-ass protagonists with a chip on their shoulders, beautifully told historical fiction (The Vietnam War, the Maccabees, and The American Revolution fascinate me in particular),well-researched adventure stories, and great horror - I haven't been scared to turn off the light in far too long and something needs to be done about it. In terms of children's books, getting boys to read again is especially important to me, and thus I'm particularly on the lookout for a fun middle-grade adventure series, ghost story, or anything else geared toward younger male readers. </span><br />
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">On the nonfiction side, I'm attracted to odd, quirky histories, military history, biographies of people I didn't even know existed (but definitely should have), "guy" reads, humor, narrative nonfiction that sheds light on under-the-radar events and lifestyles, and all things sports. I'm also currently up in the air as to whether or not I believe in ghosts, hauntings, and the supernatural, so if you have something that can convince me one way or the other, I'd love to see it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Find Alec on <a href="https://twitter.com/alecdshane">Twitter</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #8d2424; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><strong>Alex Logan</strong><strong>, <em style="position: relative;">Editor at Hachette</em></strong></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKChxDgJf8VaLUvefB4C5JlXZYMAevBORajDHMWSxGqavLNNKfGG_Qm6kcACS7x8OSKuAgd7MmhXx7m2gKplp_8gYjZDq1VWnuJoLiv8XZsgHntsHQdoMYztS-h-8xAYrSyNSAymYEyG8/s1600/4c59b3d79a0c9281466748b61130b59e.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKChxDgJf8VaLUvefB4C5JlXZYMAevBORajDHMWSxGqavLNNKfGG_Qm6kcACS7x8OSKuAgd7MmhXx7m2gKplp_8gYjZDq1VWnuJoLiv8XZsgHntsHQdoMYztS-h-8xAYrSyNSAymYEyG8/s1600/4c59b3d79a0c9281466748b61130b59e.jpeg" /></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Alex began her career as a bookseller at Borders in Chicago and was promoted to buyer in Ann Arbor. She then made the move to NYC and Random House Audio, where she was an acquiring editor. At <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.biz/about-hbg/publishers/editors/?uuid=74d8cf5f-3d2f-4714-a02a-53b98a94818a">Hachette</a>, she spent two years at Bulfinch Press before moving to Grand Central Publishing. She now works on women’s fiction of all kinds. She has edited the RITA-nominated <em style="position: relative;">Your Roots Are Showing</em> by Elise Chidley among others winning several RITA awards. However, her first love is thrillers (favorites include Daniel Silva and Michael Connelly). She works with many bestselling authors in different genre and is looking forward to finding more talented authors. She does not accept unsolicited nor unrepresented work. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #8d2424; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><strong>Ali Fisher</strong><strong>, </strong><em style="position: relative;"><strong>Editor at Tor/Forge Books</strong></em></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-s1c0rPCo8vjfreAB-j0W2Up06kQp5ZIGBntcjqBGoW4g2uxPTCd9Pf_WG2i0SZwHjG2xL-ji1GyXKj0m26AHjJ1-g-GuWJpY8noP9xuEgF_3VNy3R8k06GZFgNpJkCC1uVRAG_JbaWk/s1600/ali-austin-headshot-2016.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-s1c0rPCo8vjfreAB-j0W2Up06kQp5ZIGBntcjqBGoW4g2uxPTCd9Pf_WG2i0SZwHjG2xL-ji1GyXKj0m26AHjJ1-g-GuWJpY8noP9xuEgF_3VNy3R8k06GZFgNpJkCC1uVRAG_JbaWk/s1600/ali-austin-headshot-2016.jpeg" /></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Ali Fisher is an editor in the children’s and young adult division of Tor/Forge Books. She’s been with Tor since September 2013. In the two years preceding her move to Tor, Ali marketed Macmillan's adult trade list to librarians. Ali spent her formative years traveling from Seattle to Sevenwaters to Middle-earth and back. Her current literary expeditions depart from Brooklyn.<br /><strong>Seeking:</strong><br />I’m actively building a list of speculative and reality-based teen and middle grade fiction. I’m particularly eager to acquire submissions featuring underrepresented and marginalized voices. I’m an armchair adrenaline junkie, so I love thrillers and horror of all types. I’m interested in character-driven science fiction as well as contemporary fiction featuring geek culture, alternative culture, and feminism. I want to see more speculative and secondary-world stories that reflect and extrapolate out from our current political climate and encourage activism, involvement, and resistance. Find Ali on <a href="https://twitter.com/alifisher?lang=en">Twitter</a>! </span><br />
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<strong style="color: #818181; font-family: cabin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #8d2424;">Elayne Becker, <em style="position: relative;">Editor at Tor/Forge Books</em></span></strong><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYxdGWOuAoOAdgT6Uh4YZhQYbRGNyLBbkmcjC5pmnje-aQ0QmH1gpNSkypAa-oa8T2Kp59J-r_aiJxeXRi7Yxcf-LuqTPzt0SIycg-YD4s0k02j-M38nX2J22v5_n3K_wp1hsvhQwOEg/s1600/headshot.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYxdGWOuAoOAdgT6Uh4YZhQYbRGNyLBbkmcjC5pmnje-aQ0QmH1gpNSkypAa-oa8T2Kp59J-r_aiJxeXRi7Yxcf-LuqTPzt0SIycg-YD4s0k02j-M38nX2J22v5_n3K_wp1hsvhQwOEg/s1600/headshot.jpeg" /></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Elayne Becker is a junior associate editor for Forge Books, Tor Teen, and Starscape. She works closely with books across multiple genres of fiction, but her heart lies with tales of history, myth, and magic. When she’s not dreaming of traveling the world, she can usually be found in a bookstore.<br /><strong>Seeking: </strong><br />The stories I like best are ones that take me to another world, whether that’s a fantasy realm, Ancient Rome, or London during the Great Exhibition of 1851. To that end, I’m particularly interested in finding good historical fiction and fantasy. A unique twist on a classic fairy tale or a clever retelling of a myth are also up my alley. Gorgeous prose, body diversity, protagonists with disabilities, sibling stories, and good, swoonworthy romances are always pluses, as are animals and stories set in any stretch of wilderness such as the Appalachian Trail or the Rocky Mountains. For anything speculative, I’m acquiring middle grade and young adult only. For contemporary fiction or historicals, I’m open to middle grade, young adult, and adult. Find Elayne on <a href="https://twitter.com/ElayneABecker?lang=en">Twitter</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8d2424; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><strong>Elizabeth May, </strong><em style="position: relative;"><strong>Editor at Kensington Books</strong></em></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mQyNVIER96kf0qR9PLbRP-GqmS3pjZEsqnU5GxKjQ8tO5-HgIFZTd2pygpZudxAb9eeL5Vqyqxu4of8mtIWCfMpRXOWj35BWl6LJ9BpHrk6k4zxmuH06rQFctTB_UjVUA1H5PrFTTqs/s1600/elizabeth-may-kensington.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mQyNVIER96kf0qR9PLbRP-GqmS3pjZEsqnU5GxKjQ8tO5-HgIFZTd2pygpZudxAb9eeL5Vqyqxu4of8mtIWCfMpRXOWj35BWl6LJ9BpHrk6k4zxmuH06rQFctTB_UjVUA1H5PrFTTqs/s1600/elizabeth-may-kensington.png" /></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Elizabeth is an Editorial Assistant at Kensington Publishing Corp. She is a graduate of Emerson College in Boston, and taught English Language abroad for several years before returning to her first love of reading and book publishing. She loves working with authors and being able to work with books is quite literally her dream job. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Romance in all subgenres except YA. </span><br />
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Loves historical fiction with strong female protagonists and interesting settings.</span><br />
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Mysteries: cozies, historical, and domestic noir. </span><br />
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Fantasy/ Sci Fi with great world building and ideally strong female characters. Find Liz on <a href="https://twitter.com/lizmay05?lang=en">Twitter</a>! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #8d2424; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><strong>Elle Keck</strong>, <em style="position: relative;"><strong>Editor at Harper Collins</strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband and two daughters. Also renting space in their home is an over-hyper Beagle/Jack Russell, Buttercup and a Highland West/Mini Schnauzer, JiLL and her brother, Racicot.</span><br />
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">When she isn't writing one of the many stories planned for release, you'll find her sitting court-side during either daughter's basketball games. Heidi is the author of Forever My Girl, a bestseller soon to be released as a major motion picture. Her most recent titles include the Summer Boys Series (Grand Central), Stripped Bare (Penguin RandomHouse), Love Me Tomorrow (Curiosity Quills, releases in 2018), Baker Street Irregulars compilation Edited by Jonathan Maberry and Michael Ventrella (Diversion Books), and the Society X Series co-written with NY Times and USA Today bestselling author LP Dover. Find Heidi on <a href="https://twitter.com/HeidiJoVT">Twitter</a>! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">When not working as a book nerd, Kelly can be found dancing, hiking, riding horses, perfecting her yoga technique, blogging, and writing her own manuscript. If you're lucky, you might even be able to catch her flying around the world, saving lives. She is superwoman after all!</span><br />
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Though she reads various genres of Middle Grade, Young Adult, and New Adult novels, her true weakness is for YA Fantasy. More recently, Steampunk has quickly crept up the charts in her heart as well. </span><br />
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">With books, there's just something about strong female main characters holding their own against the world, in an environment that Kelly could never, in her wildest dreams, find herself living within. It tears at her heart and pulls at her soul, especially when the main character finds that she never needed another to complete her in the first place.</span><br />
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<strong style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: cabin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">MG:</strong><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Fantasy, Paranormal, Sci-fi. </span><strong style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: cabin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">YA:</strong><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Fantasy (all sub genres of fantasy accepted), Steampunk, Sci-Fi, Paranormal, Historical (19th century and earlier with strong heroines), Dystopian (hold the cyborgs, the scorch, and diseases, please), Sword and Sorcery, a very selective few for Contemporary Romance, and any combination of the above with strong, female main characters. </span><strong style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: cabin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">NA:</strong><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance (Cowboys, anyone? Sexy and somewhat geeky entrepreneur? Celebrity? Yes?), Historical Romance, or any combination of the above. </span><strong style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: cabin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Adult:</strong><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Fantasy, Romance. Find Kelly on <a href="https://twitter.com/YAFantasyFan">Twitter</a>! </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4wQiyJpll_FfEYc__hwplKDhMApodAabibvaHBeI_ng5-ZuKCFvDiqWkX_Dqhm4P6h1F28WTLLOf8F6zo3GCueK7KijMb_RpKXQsbbLSPRUuf2bbmJ2d5ObPUX0w2O_B7IbFm2tTjgg/s1600/meglabw-1-orig-2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4wQiyJpll_FfEYc__hwplKDhMApodAabibvaHBeI_ng5-ZuKCFvDiqWkX_Dqhm4P6h1F28WTLLOf8F6zo3GCueK7KijMb_RpKXQsbbLSPRUuf2bbmJ2d5ObPUX0w2O_B7IbFm2tTjgg/s1600/meglabw-1-orig-2.jpeg" /></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Meg likes to think of herself as an avid book nerd with an exceptional taste for mac and cheese. This oxford comma and em dash enthusiast has had her nose plunged into a book before kindergarten and scribbled down her first stories not too long thereafter. Currently, M</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">eg the editor of a magazine and has a background in journalism, medical writing, and website creation. She has written for print and digital publications, such as <em style="position: relative;">Writer's Digest </em>and Savvy Authors, on a variety of topics, including novel writing, nutrition, healthy living, startup companies, pharmaceuticals, and more.<br /><strong>Seeking:</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #818181; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">Meg is partial to the realm of fiction novels, specifically <strong>MG</strong>, <strong>YA</strong>, <strong>NA</strong>, and <strong>adult</strong>: <strong>f</strong></span></span><strong style="color: #818181; font-family: cabin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">antasy, h</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">istorical fiction, r</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">omance, s</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">pace opera</span></strong><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">, and </span><strong style="color: #818181; font-family: cabin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">s</span></strong><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><strong>team punk</strong>. </span><span style="color: #818181; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">She loves books written in third-person with multiple POVs, quirky, realistic characters, and rich descriptions. Find Meg on <a href="https://twitter.com/MegLaTorre">Twitter!</a> </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDdSzqZV1kxsjnLhnZ-7OKfmpAkD-GHna34wI75CYMEUEJ58F1cwynww7vVFlvqg4xT_FlvBVXjFQkJC-vieVm7j_7Mo_sUASsed-7J7QokiwZwoicbkhMWw5aAqdUBLIWZn7R9HVM48/s1600/nicole-fischer-bio-photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDdSzqZV1kxsjnLhnZ-7OKfmpAkD-GHna34wI75CYMEUEJ58F1cwynww7vVFlvqg4xT_FlvBVXjFQkJC-vieVm7j_7Mo_sUASsed-7J7QokiwZwoicbkhMWw5aAqdUBLIWZn7R9HVM48/s1600/nicole-fischer-bio-photo.jpeg" /></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "cabin" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Nicole Fischer joined HarperCollins (Avon/WilliamMorrow) in January 2013 and now oversees Avon’s digital-first line, Avon Impulse. She acquires commercial and genre fiction—primarily romance and thrillers—and currently edits multiple <em style="position: relative;">New York Times</em>, <em style="position: relative;">USA Today,</em> and international bestselling authors, as well as a few RITA award nominees. She’s looking for fun, fresh, diverse voices across most subgenres of romance, but is really hoping to see more light-hearted romantic comedies, witty Regency historicals, and sexy sports romance. Nicole is also interested in modern women’s fiction with strong romantic elements, psychological suspense with jaw-dropping twists, atmospheric police procedurals featuring strong female investigators, and espionage thrillers that transport the reader all over the world. Unfortunately, she does not acquire nonfiction, literary fiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy or YA/children’s books. Find Nicole on <a href="https://twitter.com/nicolefischer13">Twitter</a>! </span><br />
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<strong style="color: #818181; font-family: cabin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #8d2424;">Reiko Davis, <em style="position: relative;">Literary Agent at DeFiore and Company Literary Management</em></span></strong><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-44171711296281056472017-09-05T16:43:00.000-04:002017-09-05T16:43:19.891-04:00...More on Helping Texas<div style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'SF Optimized', system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/donatetofriendswood" target="_blank">Donate to Friendswood</a> - This is a Facebook page created to help the families in Friendswood directly. It is a collection of <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/">gofundme.com</a>, Amazon wish lists, <a href="http://www.youcaring.com/" target="_blank">youcaring.com</a> pages. These are family specific listings. Many of the families we know personally, and they had to leave their homes in a matter of minutes with only the clothes on their backs.</div>
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Sienna, like so many victims of this hurricane and the floods in Huston and nearby areas, is experiencing the devastation first hand and has learned a lot of useful information, some of which I found imperative to share... apparently many organizations give less than 15% of your donations to relief efforts. So be careful!! </div>
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Listed below are organizations, charities, and funds where 100% OF YOUR DONATIONS will go to the families and communities that were devastated by Harvey. </div>
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<a href="https://ghcf.org/" target="_blank">Greater Houston Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.texasdiaperbank.org/" target="_blank">Texas Diaper Bank</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.theharbor.life/Harvey/" target="_blank">The Harbor Hurricane Harvey Fund</a> </div>
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This is the direct link to Sienna's home church’s efforts to help the victims of the storm</div>
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Just to reiterate, and if you need an incentive, the <a href="http://www.corvisieroliteraryagency.com/" target="_blank">Corvisiero Literary Agency</a> is giving a <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/workshops.html" target="_blank">20% Discount on registration to any of our Workshops</a> </div>
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Lets also pray for our friends in Puerto Rico and Florida who are in direct path of <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/09/05/catastrophic-hurricane-irma-now-a-cat-5-is-on-a-collision-course-with-florida/?utm_term=.4c5b828a4ed3" target="_blank">Hurricane Irma</a> (now a catastrophic category 5 hurricane) and hope that the storm dedicates or changes path. </div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-82796112939998355392017-09-03T23:15:00.000-04:002017-09-03T23:15:33.181-04:00Helping out in the Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey<div style="font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">
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Being part of the suffering communities was in a way helpful to my nerves because I was able to lend a hand and give directly where I could see that help was needed, with food, water, and a clothing drive.<br />
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Now with Texas being so far away, I've been watching and thinking of different ways that I can help. I wish I had more money to donate. I wish it was easier to collect food and clothing to bring to people in need. I wish I had a boat and the time to go there and actually do something to physically help someone. There are many things that others can do that I might not be able to do, but that does not mean that I will sit idle and do nothing.<br />
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In chats with my team at <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/" target="_blank">Corvisiero Literary Agency</a> we decided that we wanted to do all that we can as well. So in addition to donating, we offered to partner up with <a href="https://northtexas.scbwi.org/events/auction-for-hurricane-harvey-relief/" target="_blank">North Texas SCBWI </a>to help raise funds. This chapter of the SCBWI is organizing an auction of services or items donated to raise money to help victims in the Huston, Texas, area. Please take a look at their <a href="https://northtexas.scbwi.org/events/auction-for-hurricane-harvey-relief/" target="_blank">Website</a> and their <a href="https://www.32auctions.com/scbwint" target="_blank">Auction Site</a> to see if there is anything there that would be of value to you and bid on it to help.<br />
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In addition we, the <b><a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/" target="_blank">Corvisiero Literary Agency</a> are offering writers a 20% discount off the registration to any of our <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/workshops.html" target="_blank">AuthorPreneur Workshops</a>, a free Query Letter critique done by me, and a Pitch Appointment to pitch their work to an attending Literary Agent or Editor</b> with the registration (value of up to $120) to anyone who donates money after reading this post to any of the following charities, or a good charity of their choice:<br />
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Upon donation we ask that you email us a copy or picture of your donation receipt showing a minimum of $25 donation <u>and</u> a screen shot of two different social media posts sharing about their donation and registration to one of our workshops with a link to this post or the <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/workshops.html" target="_blank">Workshops Page</a> on our website, which lists all of this information and all of the available workshops for easy choices. E-mail the receipt and proof of the posts to workshops@corvisieroagency.com to verify eligibility and apply the discount, or if you have questions.<br />
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Much like the butterfly effect, a part of the Chaos Theory that I usually discuss in my mindset workshops, a small token on our part may make a huge difference for someone in need miles away. That in itself is so very much worth it.<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-48697426439754901702017-09-01T16:21:00.000-04:002017-09-01T16:21:08.411-04:00Scholarship Winners Announced!<div class="paragraph" style="line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/" target="_blank">Corvisiero Literary Agency</a> is hosting writing workshops called <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/workshops.html" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 171, 116); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Author-Preneur Workshops</a> across the country, where writers will have the chance to meet with literary agents, editors, and bestselling authors. These one day workshops will be packed full of learning experiences for writers of all genres and career levels. We want to make sure writers have the chance to attend a workshop in their area, which is why we will be offering scholarships to the workshops, where at least one lucky author will get free entry to a workshop they are able to travel to. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Today we are announcing THREE scholarship winners to our next workshop in <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/red-bank-nj-workshop.html" target="_blank">Red Bank, NJ on September 16, 2017</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif;">We are happy to say that several applicants were also given other benefits and discounts where I felt that there was merit. I help where I can. And yes, sometimes I change the rules and give a little extra... just because I want to. ;) </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/charlottenc.html" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 171, 116); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Charlotte, NC</a> - January 20, 2018</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/tampa-fl-workshop.html" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 171, 116); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tampa, FL</a> - February 24, 2018 </span></li>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-41455657573708111912017-08-29T23:08:00.000-04:002017-08-29T23:27:15.196-04:00Opportunity is Nocking! Attend CLA's Red Bank, NJ Writers Workshop <div style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'SF Optimized', system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
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The <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=140042532692070&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/litagency/?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Corvisiero Literary Agency</a> is hosting a full day writer's workshop called AuthorPreneur Workshop in Red Bank NJ on September 16, 8:30 to 5:00.</div>
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We are inviting authors to register to listen to presentations by <a href="https://twitter.com/CorvisieroLit" target="_blank">@corvisierolit</a> founder <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=107074539340416&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/nyagent/?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Marisa A. Corvisiero - Literary Agent</a> (ME) and NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100004621115287&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/heidimclaughlinwrites?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Heidi McLaughlin</a> (author of <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Forever-My-Girl-Beaumont-Book-ebook/dp/B00ATNJW3Y/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1504062983&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Forever My Girl </a>~ Feature film releasing in January 2019). Also in attendance and signing books NY Times, <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Wall Street Journal, USA Today International Bestselling author <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=283394191827495&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/tishrabebooks/?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Tish Rabe Books</a> (author of The Cat in The Hat Books and many other bestsellers). </span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">We have a star studded panel of excellent Literary Agents like Alec Shane (Writer's House), Reiko Davis and Ashley Collom (DiFiore), <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=728740797&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/kaziwren?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Tricia Skinner</a>(Fuse), and <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100011493330730&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/Lit.Agent.Kelly?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Kelly Peterson</a>, <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=358780340802773&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/MegLaTorre/?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Meg LaTorre</a> and Veronica Park (Corvisiero), as well as amazing top publishing houses acquisition Editors like Alex Logan and Lexi Smail (<a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=172037886144659&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/GrandCentralPub/?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Grand Central Publishing</a>), Ali Fisher and Elayne Becker (<a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=8303497342&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/torbooks/?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Tor Books</a>), Elizabeth May (<a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=111374046078&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/kensingtonpublishing/?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Kensington Publishing Corp.</a>), and Elle Keck, Nicole Fisher, and Priyanka Krishnan (<a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=156296274419595&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/HarperCollins/?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">HarperCollins</a>). </span><br />
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The program covers everything from publishing options and trends, to how to find agents, how to prepare submission packages, polishing manuscripts, building an author platform, thinking like an author-preneur, everything you need to know about publishing deals, embracing a success mindset, etc. </div>
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Heidi McLaughlin, Tish Rabe and other Best Selling authors (TBA) will be doing a book signing and joining us on an author panel. Authors interested in participating, please contact me ASAP so we can make arrangements. <span class="_47e3 _5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="smile emoticon"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v9/f4c/1/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="_7oe" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/2o6wOrW" target="_blank">:)</a></span></span></div>
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The BEST PART... Authors can sign up for 10 minute one on one pitch sessions with these Editors and Agents to pitch their work. With the goal of helping authors find an agent or sell their book EVEN if they don't have an agent yet. This can be a career changing opportunity! </div>
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And we are offering Query Letter Critiques (by <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=705497297&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/literarygagent?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Marisa Iozzi Corvisiero</a> (also me) and First Page Evaluations by these top Editors. Alex Logan will meet with anyone who signs up for an evaluation with her! </div>
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There is so much more... and more workshops to come. Please take a look and help us spread the word. And of course, <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/red-bank-nj-workshop.html" target="_blank">REGISTER</a> soon before space runs out. <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/writers?source=feed_text&story_id=10155639329012298" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; font-family: inherit;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">Writers</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/authors?source=feed_text&story_id=10155639329012298" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; font-family: inherit;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">Authors</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/amwriting?source=feed_text&story_id=10155639329012298" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; font-family: inherit;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">amwriting</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/writerslife?source=feed_text&story_id=10155639329012298" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; font-family: inherit;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">WritersLife</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/agents?source=feed_text&story_id=10155639329012298" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; font-family: inherit;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">agents</span></span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/pitching?source=feed_text&story_id=10155639329012298" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; font-family: inherit;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">Pitching</span></span></a><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/editors?source=feed_text&story_id=10155639329012298" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; font-family: inherit;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">Editors</span></span></a></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-42989423319725759482017-06-16T19:15:00.000-04:002017-06-16T19:46:25.306-04:00Author-Preneur Full Day Writers Workshops <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">My amazing team and I are offering authors who are serious about becoming published the opportunity to spend the day with us and other really great agents from reputable agencies and editor from top publishing houses in a full day workshop specifically tailored to create a fast track to publishing success. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">These are intensive and super fun workshops offered to authors of all genres at all levels of their careers with the mindful goal of imparting writing, publishing industry, business, and mindset knowledge, while sharpening skills to attain success in the fastest possible period of time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4b4f56;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">As the </span></span><span style="color: #4b4f56; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">principal</span></span><span style="color: #4b4f56;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;"> presenter at most of the workshops I will personally speak with </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">all attendees about everything from idea inception to getting a publishing deal to creating a growth mindset that enables and sustains success. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;"> We've called these the Author-Preneur Workshops because, as the name implies, we are not just focused on facets of authorship. We are focused on writing as a business. Like it or not, if you are looking to publish your book you must look at your writing as your product. It's what you're selling. And so you are becoming entrepreneurs in the business of selling books. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4b4f56;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">Our goal is to get you into the right mindset to prepare you to for this journey as an author and as an </span></span></span><span style="color: #4b4f56;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">entrepreneur, hence Author-Preneur. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been attending conferences, participating on panels, teaching classes, webinars, bootcamps, workshops etc for several years now, but it wasn't until recently that I started to really focus my efforts toward a formulaic program that only experience can manifest with such clarity. Success, you see isn't just the result of hard work, nor luck or lineage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Success is almost a scientific formula which when followed can almost guarantee great results. It isn't about working hard, it's about focusing your goals, learning and growing, creating a plan and taking dedicated action, and engaging a frame of mind that enables continued growth, love and gratitude.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrNJOy74kw2sar9VZg9rwLOw1IMMeE01cQ0AJ2LpF-qsW8xy8EytmUD0FpNEydWtXJKVnv34lUvtZJyly0O-x5eatsOJHtD53xNhrLlA3ekSxcXgxeacTCx1_N12cHONvnKt40efv-m4/s1600/4ff0f316f1b5dacc267b7fec3d94789f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrNJOy74kw2sar9VZg9rwLOw1IMMeE01cQ0AJ2LpF-qsW8xy8EytmUD0FpNEydWtXJKVnv34lUvtZJyly0O-x5eatsOJHtD53xNhrLlA3ekSxcXgxeacTCx1_N12cHONvnKt40efv-m4/s320/4ff0f316f1b5dacc267b7fec3d94789f.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">The first in the LitPow Author-Preneur Workshop series is scheduled for <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/huntsville-al-workshop.html" target="_blank"><b>Saturday, August 12, 2017 in Huntsville Alabama</b></a>. The second is also already scheduled and will be hosted in <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/red-bank-nj-workshop.html" target="_blank"><b>Red Bank, NJ on Saturday, September 16, 2017</b></a>. These workshops are structured similarly with some changes in topics and logistics and different faculty of Agents and Editors at each location. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">The workshops offer an amazing multilayered interactive full day learning experience with presentations by yours truly and other key industry professional guests from top agencies and publishing houses dedicated to authors’ success. The Huntsville workshop is presented at the lovely <a href="http://www.westinhuntsville.com/" target="_blank">Westin Hunstville Hotel</a> in Huntsville, Alabama, a city that is also known a</span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">s Rocket City by many scientists and space travel enthusiasts.<br /><br />During these full day workshops authors have the opportunity to attend various Presentations, pitch Literary Agents and Editors (Optional), get work critiqued by Agents and Editors (Optional), attend the Gong Show: First Page Critique Literary Agent and Editor Panel, and Network with authors and industry professionals.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;"><b>The Schedule:</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8:30 to 9:00: <u>Check In and Registration</u>: Check-in starts at 8:30. Please register here in advance to secure your spot. Authors may register on location unless otherwise noted here that registration is closed. Or e-mail us directly to ask ahead of time at workshops@corvisieroagency</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>.com</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LybM9wCzQD0lNIE9K_dXn35d3eS69mKzvCYOX5sYLk53349UBzeNnFNOAA6c-rZIBYXobUhQinTbeNTyFBjB7_dr0NWQonykSvgVv6Q1BczqOfFJBKtkJQwSCbm0EAV_Ru0RaTlQol0/s1600/mediterranean-ballroom-2-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="423" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LybM9wCzQD0lNIE9K_dXn35d3eS69mKzvCYOX5sYLk53349UBzeNnFNOAA6c-rZIBYXobUhQinTbeNTyFBjB7_dr0NWQonykSvgVv6Q1BczqOfFJBKtkJQwSCbm0EAV_Ru0RaTlQol0/s320/mediterranean-ballroom-2-2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">9:00 to 9:30 <u>Publishing Options Today</u>:<br />We will start the morning with an informative overview about the publishing industry, with a focus on learning about the various publishing options available to authors. The discussion will cover how each publishing medium or model works, the benefits and drawbacks of each, and how to diversify these options by using the Hybrid Model to publish faster, increase readership, and earn more income.<br /><br />9:30 to 10:00 <u>Successful Author Mindset</u>:<br />Discussions on preparedness. Knowing your options is half the battle. The other half is your mindset and getting ready to see the opportunities when they arise, and making the right decisions based on knowledge and emotional fitness to reach optimal results.<br /><br />10:00 to 11:50 <u>Finding, Pitching, and Hooking the Right Literary Agent</u>:<br />During this session we will discuss everything authors need to know about what agents do, how to find them, how to pick the right one, how to pitch their projects properly, and how to prepare the best submission package for optimal results. The discussion includes details about how to draft the query letter and synopsis, and what agents look for in the first few pages of the manuscript and book proposal (for non fiction).</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1:10 to 2:10 <u>The Gong Show</u>: Agent and Editor First Page Critique Panel</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">All participants are encouraged to anonymously submit the first page of their fiction manuscript or memoir (no picture books) for a fun and expertly informative live critique. The panel is comprised of our guest Faculty. The moderator will read the page out loud and the panelists will ring their gong as soon as they decide that they would have stopped reading the page. When a number of gongs have been rang, the moderator will then prompt the panelists to discuss their decision and provide constructive criticism.<br /><br />2:10 to 3:00 <u>Becoming a Successful Hybrid Bestselling Author with NY Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Heidi McLaughlin</u>: The discussion will focus on how to decide between all of the publishing options, and when to self publish or go traditional, with an eye toward creating a fruitful writing career. She will discuss how to make the decision, how to get started, what do to, and provide invaluable instructions and tips that will help authors save time and money by proceeding with knowledge and confidence.</span></span><br />
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As everything is relative, the answer to this question would depend on how much the conference is charging for admission and participation, what they are offering, and how it is run. These are the key elements that make events good events.<br />
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Location, speakers, attendees, price, curriculum, services, food and other perks are all important to how good an author event is, how much you will enjoy it, and the value that you get out of it. Once you've determined that these elements of a specific event are suitable for you, then you're ready to shift your focus toward the reasons you should attend, if you haven't ascertained them already.<br />
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If you ask me if authors should be attending conferences and other author events, my vote is a hands down, and very emphatic, YES! There are many reasons why budding authors,<br />
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<b>7 Excellent Reasons to Attend Author Events:</b><br />
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Learning Skills-</b> most conferences hold lectures, talks, workshops, seminars, etc. where a speaker, usually a very qualified someone, talks to the authors about specific topics in writing and publishing. These topics vary from talks that enhance writing skills (from world building to plotting, and character building and everything in between), to tips on how to find agents and pitch work, to publishing contracts, to platform building, to mindset and more. These are things that all authors should hear and think about at least once. And I'm being conservative here. If I had it my way, I'd make you all experts in all of these topics myself (I do offer workshops, programs and coaching).<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkspyEYaPRdcXL79y-IR1bRCuv59004j8HxnNOAljOQ98wdhV7IqacXh9QHqzHEO8-Pn7o24DpHg9gvUv-3Q82vz8eGzuHcJQyQcXbhg0uFov56TOGUuTPHLVUb_Ky1XxyJWvLv96U8FM/s1600/professional-help-short-term-loans-nswmc-e1440314061897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkspyEYaPRdcXL79y-IR1bRCuv59004j8HxnNOAljOQ98wdhV7IqacXh9QHqzHEO8-Pn7o24DpHg9gvUv-3Q82vz8eGzuHcJQyQcXbhg0uFov56TOGUuTPHLVUb_Ky1XxyJWvLv96U8FM/s200/professional-help-short-term-loans-nswmc-e1440314061897.jpg" width="200" /></a><b>Get work reviewed by professionals and qualified peers- </b>Most events have some sort of workshop or panel where qualified reviewers read and critique your work. Some even offer services where they have an agent or editor review your work in private and give you an evaluation, critique, or feedback. This is extremely helpful to authors, when done before they submit their work for actual consideration so that they only submit their work when it is absolutely ready to be considered for representation or acquisition.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4QErK-Gz9Njwzp8gbDa6VTT2h0Dvv9VNqKcwTOd4ktGBuDbhM7nPpAeQAkH3Y0FLKo12PJlEtMNmWzDc_ZiC380Ubf4xGSQpmDGu9Wf579D4Q3c5Qk8GgmyQ7OL5K847yWyRvDk0bz4/s1600/images-8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4QErK-Gz9Njwzp8gbDa6VTT2h0Dvv9VNqKcwTOd4ktGBuDbhM7nPpAeQAkH3Y0FLKo12PJlEtMNmWzDc_ZiC380Ubf4xGSQpmDGu9Wf579D4Q3c5Qk8GgmyQ7OL5K847yWyRvDk0bz4/s200/images-8.jpeg" width="200" /></a><b>Learn about the industry- </b>The publishing industry is an industry unlike any other. It is a beast of it's own, with it's own process, unspoken rules, and must follow procedures. The more you know about the industry of your author business the better "Author-Preneur" you will become. Knowledge will allow you to make the right choices for you, and will help you prepare for when the right opportunity comes knocking.<br />
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<b>Know what's happening-</b> Knowing the industry and being an amazing author sometimes isn't enough. More often than not, knowledge about trends, who is who, who is doing what, and what is happening can be most essential in helping you open a certain door. The more you know the better equipped you are to find and make opportunities.<br />
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<b>See how others do it- </b>There is no reason to reinvent the wheel. Learning from peers and colleagues that are doing well can save you a lot of time and money. Meeting other authors at conferences, even if you don't become BFFs (which happens a lot), will enable you to put them in your resource pocket. You can learn from them, study them, stalk them (from a safe distance) if you have to, but look at what they do and how they do it. There is always something to be learned by people watching. Authors are great at this, use this skill to your advantage and learn all you can from people who are doing what you want to do.<br />
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<b>Connect with Authors, Agents, and Editors- </b>Networking is priceless. You never know who knows whom, and how they can help you, and how you can help them. These are opportunities to make connections with the entire <i>universe</i>. Everyone attending these events is there for the same reason you are, to learn, connect, and sell books. So take advantage of the opportunity to connect and don't be shy. Just make sure you look and smell your best. (I'm mostly not kidding)<br />
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<b>Have fun! </b>Author events can be boring for Muggles (non magical folks~ Harry Potter) but for us passionate, creative, story building, magical book loving people, this is the best place ever! It is one of the few places where everyone is of like minds and we all want to talk about books. Let your nerd show and be proud of it!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVSmf1hyphenhyphenFITFGz9gpKB1aQ3iMBZj7w7L9SrOnik4z9T-s2PggnCtzRW7dVUyuLU-E_ex6WdOgdTNFtXyZ5lWbETHHkQhsuvmH4dpyQMHAmgwNKb0cG0_uGlfd-edJVO3GNoM63ewe4aw/s1600/20150928_have_fun-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVSmf1hyphenhyphenFITFGz9gpKB1aQ3iMBZj7w7L9SrOnik4z9T-s2PggnCtzRW7dVUyuLU-E_ex6WdOgdTNFtXyZ5lWbETHHkQhsuvmH4dpyQMHAmgwNKb0cG0_uGlfd-edJVO3GNoM63ewe4aw/s200/20150928_have_fun-xl.jpg" width="200" /></a>The reasons not to go to a conference, whatever they might be, should be altogether set aside and stepped on. In other words, if you can participate you should. I know that travel, participation, and meals, etc. can be costly. If this is an issue, then choose wisely and attend something that is good, close to your home, and attend at least once as soon as you can. Know what you need to get there, focus on doing it, create a plan and register early. There are usually early registration price discounts. If you love attending and get value from it, then you can repeat the process and attend again, or even try another.<br />
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Other than that, I can't think of any reason to not participate in as many good events as you wish, that I can't talk you out of.<br />
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That isn't the lawyer in me talking... I'm not about persuading people to do things they don't want to do. My goal is to coach you around obstacles that you might be setting in front of yourself that are not meritorious, and might be sabotaging your success.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VUGpCaHG6APKaHhB1NiRdhgm_NmYBGuQDbIy8p_xb03sCEDqDB2E2MmOFVBgVFcbniXnJgQxXv3-cW_0IZ_fwxrFisEr8Usuc-IUaZEgACrUxuJPKzH1q7BsNuJbyE_O76eEapKxcus/s1600/Why-No-One-Will-Invest-in-You.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VUGpCaHG6APKaHhB1NiRdhgm_NmYBGuQDbIy8p_xb03sCEDqDB2E2MmOFVBgVFcbniXnJgQxXv3-cW_0IZ_fwxrFisEr8Usuc-IUaZEgACrUxuJPKzH1q7BsNuJbyE_O76eEapKxcus/s320/Why-No-One-Will-Invest-in-You.jpg" width="320" /></a>Think of author events such as conferences, workshops, webinars, tutorials, bootcamps, programs, etc. as investments in your career... in your book business. You might lack time, money, motivation, attitude, skills, or some other resource that you believe to be a prerequisite. But resources are only obstacles to you if you aren't resourceful. If you are serious about helping yourself as an author-preneur, and getting your work published properly, you need to be resourceful and muddle your way around those pesky obstacles to get to solid ground, where you can stand tall and achieve more.<br />
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On our Agency Website we have a very extensive list of <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/other-conferences.html" target="_blank">Amazing Event</a>s, a list of places of <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/events-we-are-attending.html" target="_blank">Events We Are Attending</a> and a list of <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/workshops.html" target="_blank">Author-Preneur Workshops</a> that we've tailor made for authors that we host on a monthly basis at different locations. Check these out and take one step closer to successfully achieving your goals.<br />
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Happy Learning!<br />
~Marisa<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-13924977144680195032016-03-07T11:13:00.000-05:002016-03-07T11:16:34.548-05:00Oops, It's Happened Again<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNod1Pc8EMaAmhFOy90nKHcJR_hnqvVfJnIBI6h8bcBroWRG4CVLyndDj1mQND08nlDVN4P0YngEZyzGhdy5m8mtur7BVUJCcCq25DFYn8YBKk6YE1k-5LWAMqhkLECIG37Mcpf3APjA/s1600/images-109.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNod1Pc8EMaAmhFOy90nKHcJR_hnqvVfJnIBI6h8bcBroWRG4CVLyndDj1mQND08nlDVN4P0YngEZyzGhdy5m8mtur7BVUJCcCq25DFYn8YBKk6YE1k-5LWAMqhkLECIG37Mcpf3APjA/s200/images-109.jpeg" width="200" /></a>Once in a while literary agents get an e-mail, sometimes a promising one, submitting a query package for consideration that has several agents copied on the same e-mail. This is a mudsling in the Publishing Industry. It is a faux pas.<br />
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I don't know how to be more blunt about this, but it's a major blunder and every single agent on that list will probably decline your work.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUbpnRZjt61vKlwYJr5t5JeumOb61wDIvLEm1mwKU1NcCfAbEYr4WSi057tUEdjYqnPDf8mPaR2yBgrTZEmLijaEAwZ9e5E9-qYinNS9-y0PAUnum92c5l6-OsTQp9tUH10kdB_crkpwc/s1600/images-114.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUbpnRZjt61vKlwYJr5t5JeumOb61wDIvLEm1mwKU1NcCfAbEYr4WSi057tUEdjYqnPDf8mPaR2yBgrTZEmLijaEAwZ9e5E9-qYinNS9-y0PAUnum92c5l6-OsTQp9tUH10kdB_crkpwc/s200/images-114.jpeg" width="200" /></span></a>Once a literary agent declines your work, you can not resubmit the work to them unless they tell you what to change and what to send in instead. I'll be honest with you, other than myself... and only because I'm a sucker, most agents might even just delete the e-mail. Or worse, the last time this happened several agents responded with unkind or snappy comments and copied everyone in their response, including the author. I really don't want this to happen to anyone else. Ever!<br />
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What did I do this time around? I of course replied the the lovely misinformed author because not only do I feel badly about letting people make such costly mistakes, but also because I saw it as an opportunity to make a difference. I kept it short and sweet. Hopefully he will listen.<br />
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My response to the author:<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-ZGMJs3aP5dbTyQvrA_6a_-Z6Yi-6T-uLGRVByG1AOU31gJEl84S6NhBdYCa1aPIuTkyD09jFN6fYEZJDhrtebrUawf1qHx96M9KIe4KTjbOSTc8RD89h1J5FKRGYAMx1guVXhT90eQ/s1600/222954_original.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-ZGMJs3aP5dbTyQvrA_6a_-Z6Yi-6T-uLGRVByG1AOU31gJEl84S6NhBdYCa1aPIuTkyD09jFN6fYEZJDhrtebrUawf1qHx96M9KIe4KTjbOSTc8RD89h1J5FKRGYAMx1guVXhT90eQ/s400/222954_original.gif" width="400" /></a>"...I was just about to ask you for a sample of your pages and a synopsis to complete your submission (because the package was also incomplete) for review, but noticed that you copied several agents in this e-mail. In the industry, this is a big No-No. If you don't want to get declined by all of them, I recommend sending an immediate e-mail withdrawing the submission and apologizing for error. Then send them each an independent e-mail following their submission guidelines. I'm only telling you this because your story sounds like it has potential and I don't want you to waste this opportunity to reach good people. Good luck!"<br />
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I think that the most helpful thing that I can say here without sounding condescending or preachy is simply to list some of the most elemental, but most important tips you will ever need for Querying Agents.<br />
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1- Do your research before reaching out to agents that represent your work, that are open to queries, and learn about them before you decide if they are a good match. Not all agents are created equal and not everyone is a good match for everyone. Choose your partner carefully.<br />
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2- Query each agent separately, very subtlety letting them know that you've done your research by perhaps telling them why you've chosen them. You do't actually need to tell them this. You can simply show them that you've done so by doing all of the things they like and giving them what they want. Use the KISS method- Keep It Simple Stupid<br />
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3- Always follow their Submission Guidelines! Most of us have them listed on our websites. If we don't, continue to research.<br />
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4- Don't be lazy, be professional, always put your best foot forward. You aren't ready, until you are sure that you've done it right and you're submitting only your best work.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIkFHdRoHDxq0RjgDhu0u1vQBWHvOFdllUzRkrZfcgWQupYOV6P2ifp8_LO2xTcL6-y0DIjYRfonZ5a9YYFZrxrE1r2F7Qw-APMN31AQbNw8ZS8TJjEMI3T1aSYi6XdjwwpEBjOCFsEI/s1600/images-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIkFHdRoHDxq0RjgDhu0u1vQBWHvOFdllUzRkrZfcgWQupYOV6P2ifp8_LO2xTcL6-y0DIjYRfonZ5a9YYFZrxrE1r2F7Qw-APMN31AQbNw8ZS8TJjEMI3T1aSYi6XdjwwpEBjOCFsEI/s320/images-3.png" width="320" /></span></a>Don't befoul your opportunity to make a good impression... you might not get a second chance!<br />
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Happy Querying!<br />
~ Marisa</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-89080796590010035112015-12-03T10:51:00.002-05:002015-12-03T11:08:14.012-05:00Should You Use The Word 'Said' When Writing Dialogue? <br />
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Students Use Synonyms for Said,” I Blurted,</i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1e1419;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">is the name of this very true article by </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/gabrielroth" style="color: #1e1419; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Gabriel Roth</a><span style="color: #1e1419;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> I
just read. I say it's true because my twins are also in 4th grade and they have
also been told to avoid using the word 'said' after quoting speech in
dialogue. In fact, there seems to be a movement toward alienating the word 'said'. My feelings are mixed. I think that just like with anything else in life, a middle ground usually works best.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1e1419; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I understand that the reasoning is that repetitively using the word 'said' can be monotonous and lack creativity, and often can even be a lost
opportunity to show the reader more. However, for all of the good reasons
teachers are beseeching children to learn to use expletives and verbs, such as
‘snarled, professed, argued, remarked, cried, ect.,' sometimes it just becomes too
much. I think that perhaps the teaching focus should be on when to offer more, and finding the right balance.</span></span></div>
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good technique to be encouraged. I
however, disagree that the word said should be avoided at all costs. I
believe that there should be a balance between its usage and using expressive
terms to add to the dialogue when it makes sense, when they are necessary, and when
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descriptive words after each statement that are distracting to the reader,
jolting them out of the conversation and giving them too much work to keep up
with all that is being presented to them. Sometimes there is such thing as too
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<span style="color: #1e1419; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I think that the <i>balance</i> is a skill to be acquired, and teachers should
encourage the creativity of choosing appropriate words to replace the ‘said’,
but not implore them to do so all the time. We don't need to exile the poor word to the lost land
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<span style="color: #1e1419; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sometimes, good dialogue doesn't even need anything after the quote, especially if there are only two people speaking. When your characters are well formed, and their speech </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">patterns are clearly distinguishable from each other, and</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> they have reasons for saying what they would say, you don't have to add anything after that quote. Your
reader will know who said what. You can still
add occasional descriptives like 'she said' here and there, or even something
like, 'he said, as he searched her expressions for a sign that she was
being disingenuous,' before continuing the dialogue. The
later example not only tells you who said the statement, but also what he
is doing as he speaks, and more importantly, lets the reader know that what the
speaker is thinking without saying it... which goes a long way for those of us
who repeatedly encourage authors to show instead of telling.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1e1419; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">I would therefore say that finding the balance between using the word 'said' versus other descriptives, or even nothing at all, is the key to good writing. So work on that! </span></span></div>
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</section><div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-75016374496393630512015-11-05T14:14:00.002-05:002015-11-05T14:14:50.277-05:0020th Free “Dear Lucky Agent” Contest: Romance and Romantic New Adult Fiction<div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.071428571rem; padding: 0px;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrWuAmGWpYxX-VqiceV6R19wK6-Km5ISNeZsJtnfEXPGpIzP2A-x34C0Desl7OvgIaga3Z_TVUyG2hRbAqastYojtP_t2R-tha_PluDNpkdikthrOqDDTz3KXODvhtqiBfUr9yahyphenhyphenZss/s1600/bigstock-Contest-Word-Raffle-Drawing-Ja-62211173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrWuAmGWpYxX-VqiceV6R19wK6-Km5ISNeZsJtnfEXPGpIzP2A-x34C0Desl7OvgIaga3Z_TVUyG2hRbAqastYojtP_t2R-tha_PluDNpkdikthrOqDDTz3KXODvhtqiBfUr9yahyphenhyphenZss/s200/bigstock-Contest-Word-Raffle-Drawing-Ja-62211173.jpg" width="200" /></a>I am currently the Judge for Chuck Sambuchino's "Dear Lucky Agent" Contest. This is his 20th contest, and the second time that I'm judging for him. Chuck is an amazing teacher, speaker, editor at Writer's Digest, and a successful author with THREE new books released this September. Take a look at Chuck's post about the contest with all of the rules and details. </div>
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I hope that you send in your submission and look forward to reading your work! </div>
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<a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/20th-free-dear-lucky-agent-contest-romancenew-adult-fiction" target="_blank">On October 29th, Chuck posted as follows</a>:</div>
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Welcome to the 20th (free!) <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Dear Lucky Agent” Contest</strong> on the GLA blog. This is a FREE recurring online contest with agent judges and super-cool prizes. Here’s the deal: With every contest, the details are essentially the same, but the niche itself changes—meaning each contest is focused around a specific category or two. So if you’re writing any kind of romance or romantic new adult fiction, this 20th contest is for you! (No erotica.) The contest is live through EOD, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015.</div>
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After a previous “Dear Lucky Agent” contest, the agent judge, <a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/agent-advice-tamar-rydzinski-of-laura-dail-literary-agency" style="border: 0px; color: #006699; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tamar Rydzinski (The Laura Dail Literary Agency)</a>, signed one of the three contest winners. After Tamar signed the writer, she went on to sell two of that writer’s books! How cool! That’s why these contests are not to missed if you have an eligible submission.</div>
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E-mail entries to dearluckyagent20@gmail.com. Please paste everything. No attachments.</div>
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The first 150-250 words (i.e., your first double-spaced page) of your unpublished, completed book-length work of romantic new adult fiction or romance (no erotica). You must include a contact e-mail address with your entry and use your real name. Also, submit the title of the work and a logline (one-sentence description of the work) with each entry.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Please note:</strong></em> To be eligible to submit, you must mention this contest twice through any any social-media. Please provide a social-media link or Twitter handle or screenshot or blog post URL, etc., with your official e-mailed entry so the judge and I can verify eligibility. Some previous entrants could not be considered because they skipped this step! Simply spread the word twice through any means and give us a way to verify you did; a TinyURL for this link/contest for you to easily use is http://tinyurl.com/q2wdw2u. An easy way to notify me of your sharing is to include my Twitter handle <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckSambuchino" style="border: 0px; color: #006699; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@chucksambuchino</a> at the end of your mention(s) if using Twitter. If we’re friends on FB, tag me in the mention. And if you are going to solely use Twitter as your 2 times, please wait 1 day between mentions to spread out the notices, rather than simply tweeting twice back to back. Thanks. (Please note that simply tweeting me does not count. You have to include the contest URL with your mention; that’s the point. And if you use Twitter, put my handle @chucksambuchino at the middle or the end, not at the very beginning of the tweet, or else the tweet will be invisible to others.)</div>
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Here is a sample TWEET you can use (feel free to tweak): <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">New FREE contest for writers of Romance and Romantic New Adult http://tinyurl.com/q2wdw2u Judged by agent @<span class="u-linkComplex-target" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">mcorvisiero</span>, via @chucksambuchino</strong></div>
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Completed romance novels and completed romantic new adult (no erotica).</div>
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Please note that this is a contest for new adult fiction and romance only.</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px;">This contest will be live through the end of Nov. 12, 2015, PST. Winners notified by e-mail within three weeks of end of contest. Winners announced at the top of this blog post thereafter.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px;">To enter, submit the first 150-250 words of your book (i.e., your first double-spaced page). Shorter or longer entries will not be considered. Keep it within word count range please.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px;">You can submit as many times as you wish. You can submit even if you submitted to other contests in the past, but please note that past winners cannot win again. All that said, you are urged to only submit your best work.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px;">The contest is open to everyone of all ages, save those employees, officers and directors of GLA’s publisher, F+W: A Content and E-Commerce Company, Inc.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px;">By e-mailing your entry, you are submitting an entry for consideration in this contest and thereby agreeing to the terms written here as well as any terms possibly added by me in the “Comments” section of this blog post. If you have questions or concerns, write me personally at chuck.sambuchino (at) fwmedia.com. The Gmail account above is for submissions, not questions.</li>
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Top 3 winners all get: 1) A critique of the first 10 double-spaced pages of your work, by your agent judge. 2) A free one-year subscription to<a href="http://www.writersmarket.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #006699; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title=" WritersMarket.com"> WritersMarket.com</a> ($50 value)! 3) Their choice of any of Chuck’s 3 new books (mentioned at the top).</div>
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<img alt="Marisa-Corvisiero-literary-agent" class=" size-full wp-image-204660 alignleft" height="241" src="http://www.writersdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/Marisa-Corvisiero-literary-agent.png" style="border: 0px; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.071428571rem 0.714285714rem 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="231" />Marisa A. Corvisiero is the founder of the <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/marisa-corvisiero.html" style="border: 0px; color: #006699; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Corvisiero Literary Agency</a> and their Senior Literary Agent. During the few years prior to starting her own agency, Marisa worked with the L. Perkins Agency, where she learned invaluable lessons and made a name for herself in the industry. Marisa is seeking creative stories with well developed plots and rich characters with unique voices. She will consider Contemporary Romance, Thrillers, Adventure, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, or any combination thereof, unique concepts in Fantasy, Adventure and Science Fiction for middle-grade and Picture Books with special stories to deliver a subtle non didactic message. In non-fiction, she enjoys out of the box and high concept spiritual, self-improvement, science, and business books for all ages. You can visit her on Twitter at <a class="ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/mcorvisiero" style="border: 0px; color: #006699; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@<span class="u-linkComplex-target" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">mcorvisiero</span></a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Make-Count-Bowler-University-Novel-ebook/dp/B00I2PH6AW/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" style="border: 0px; color: #006699; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="MAKE IT COUNT">MAKE IT COUNT</a>By Megan Erickson<br />A college sophomore is on danger of flunking out until she is assigned a sexy, nerdy math tutor, the one man on campus who turns her inside out and sees the real her — but he’s her boyfriend’s best friend.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hurricane-R-J-Prescott-ebook/dp/B010MPQH18/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1443806145&sr=1-1&keywords=the+hurricane" style="border: 0px; color: #006699; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="THE HURRICANE">THE HURRICANE</a>By R.J. Prescott<br />A modern day Rocky story in London, where the fighter falls in love with a brilliant mathematician with a secret past that comes back to haunt them both.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hendrix-Caldwell-Brothers-Chelsea-Camaron-ebook/dp/B00YW4S19C/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1443806072&sr=1-1&keywords=hendrix" style="border: 0px; color: #006699; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="HENDRIX">HENDRIX</a>By MJ Fields and Chelsea Camaron<br />About the work-hard play-harder, super focused, determined, and steady voice of reason among the wild brothers, who falls for a woman in a mask during an erotic interlude at a charity event and again when fate makes their worlds collide.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Trust-Focus-Megan-Erickson-ebook/dp/B00LMGLZPU/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1443805248&sr=1-6&keywords=megan+erickson" style="border: 0px; color: #006699; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="TRUST THE FOCUS">TRUST THE FOCUS</a>By Megan Erickson<br />A college graduate embarks on a cross-country road trip with his best friend to spread his father’s ashes, but as the summer progresses he realizes he can no longer deny who he is, the future he wants, and his growing feelings for the man by his side.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-54388865094727158052015-01-08T23:10:00.001-05:002015-01-09T12:50:59.460-05:00Kindle Unlimited: Another Take-Over-The-World Scheme By Amazon?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKh5D_DEDX7Q0cVkhWYbnNszGMOtnb_I3-2TF4Biv1Q3oaklCKAydo7sBRcIDkfbeQBC782BTAQUcMYU4RYjc9QLxf9zZfISGFMqact3J2zFoDBPGEpcIq6lYrVXVY_KGD1juNPOgiOs/s1600/amazon_logo_RGB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKh5D_DEDX7Q0cVkhWYbnNszGMOtnb_I3-2TF4Biv1Q3oaklCKAydo7sBRcIDkfbeQBC782BTAQUcMYU4RYjc9QLxf9zZfISGFMqact3J2zFoDBPGEpcIq6lYrVXVY_KGD1juNPOgiOs/s1600/amazon_logo_RGB.jpg" height="73" width="200" /></a><span style="text-align: center;">I love Amazon.com. I have been a loyal customer for about fifteen years. I buy everything on Amazon, from books to chocolate, and everything in between. When my twins were born, I signed up for a 'subscription' for Pampers (diapers) and just kept them coming. It was awesome. We saved money and never ever ran out. No last minute trips to the store at inopportune times for us. I even buy all of my Christmas presents on Amazon. Easy one-click shopping and usually hassle-free returns for those picky recipients that have to carefully choose everything themselves, mainly my husband, are a huge draw for me.</span></div>
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I find that it is the easiest place to shop. Everything is searchable, organized by categories, and every product is reviewed in a five star system with commentary. Nothing else facilitates educated decision making like Amazon does. My favorite thing to buy on Amazon is, you've guessed it... books.<br />
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Yet in spite of all of my love for this formidable web-store, in my dealings as a Literary Agent and Consultant to authors I have encountered many issues with Amazon's pesky, complicated and cryptic algorithms used to recommend, rank, and promote products such as books. Although I haven't entirely figured them out mathematically, I've certainly determined some patterns and learned some things that work and don't work. So I'm sort of OK with the algorithms for now. I can also overlook some of the other issues they are having with some top publishing houses (Hachette), returnability, and low prices. I can even deal with the massive number of books competing for sales (currently about 3 Million books- up from 600,000 just 4 years ago). The thing that I'm having a difficult time rationalizing is Amazon's introduction of Kindle Unlimited.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Q28j4TeznY8GZEK4_qdF7Ha3RsqLYE2mxoQddDSsdPbtoDDMa0gA4uqMxqQSkjmvbgl4s2p8c7OCAxNqVtqSAmcM24nuGhT3fn68DPIJLyFi3vX6dE8v7GmyYKdwP19p9KuKfrS2Bzo/s1600/logo-Amazon-Kindle-Unlimited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Q28j4TeznY8GZEK4_qdF7Ha3RsqLYE2mxoQddDSsdPbtoDDMa0gA4uqMxqQSkjmvbgl4s2p8c7OCAxNqVtqSAmcM24nuGhT3fn68DPIJLyFi3vX6dE8v7GmyYKdwP19p9KuKfrS2Bzo/s1600/logo-Amazon-Kindle-Unlimited.jpg" height="170" width="320" /></a><span style="text-align: center;">For anyone that isn't aware of the all-the-books-you-can-devour program offered by Amazon, here is the short scoop. Basically, for a $9.99 monthly fee you can download (borrow) all the Kindle books your heart desires. As a book lover and avid reader this is heaven for me. As a publishing professional however, I see the effect this program is having on the industry, and how it affects independent authors whose livelihood depend on their online book sales. </span><br />
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The above mentioned rigorous competition coupled with all time low e-book pricing (as low as $.99 e-books or even offered for free) have led to revenues leveling off after nearly doubling just just two years ago in 2012. Even though e-books have been selling more than print books since February 2011, overall profits have reached a plateau. And offering unlimited e-books for less than ten dollars per month is making matters much worse.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXVKj0JnYLlpXIV0qiYs4Nut9Kp-XzsmFmADiZQNGt3SxjK54W8imnRScGC-c8WnYsfs1wlxsxRkuk9MiCTlrVwFhO9y5h99T_leLtQ5VbvU7iwJS2nb38yJdaSNur9CdxgJW6Y8yMKo/s1600/can-stock-photo_csp11679513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXVKj0JnYLlpXIV0qiYs4Nut9Kp-XzsmFmADiZQNGt3SxjK54W8imnRScGC-c8WnYsfs1wlxsxRkuk9MiCTlrVwFhO9y5h99T_leLtQ5VbvU7iwJS2nb38yJdaSNur9CdxgJW6Y8yMKo/s1600/can-stock-photo_csp11679513.jpg" height="200" width="194" /></a>Some successful self-published authors have recently reported that after short term participation in the program their income decreased by as much as 75%. When an author publishes their work on Amazon they earn a 70% royalty. A rate that is highest in the industry, especially when compared to traditional publishers. Even some of the best e-book profit sharing models aren't as high. This means that the average book selling on Amazon at $3.99 will earn $2.79 per book.<br />
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On the other hand, books in the Kindle Unlimited program don't receive consistent payments, with the current average payment of about $1.39 per download regardless of the book's length. Most authors can't afford, and shouldn't accept such a loss for the benefit of a company that claims to be saving all of them from other publishing models.<br />
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Luckily the program isn't mandatory, so self-published authors are not required to sign up to participate. But at what cost? This brings us back to the mysterious algorithms and unilateral control. Many believe that their books will lose not only a lot of attention, but also may be excluded from certain promotions and recommendations Amazon offers to their shoppers.<br />
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An alternative in the case of Amazon's lack of cooperation would be proper organization and alignment of author's interests. I'm by no means suggesting boycotting or protests, but perhaps something along the same lines as a legalized union. <br />
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So even though I am a fan of Amazon, my reservations are quickly gaining strength. This fantastic company has done a lot for the publishing industry and made a lot of people money. But greed is the ugly cousin of self righteousness. If Amazon is not carefully listening to the proverbial pulse of the industry, and continues on their unchecked journey to world domination, they should prepare for a stand off.<br />
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Happy Journey!<br />
~Marisa<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-51945898883481078002014-10-28T14:45:00.000-04:002014-10-28T14:45:13.802-04:00#TEAMCORVISIERO Going Strong: New Jr. Literary Agent & More Great Things.I'm going to start this blog by gushing a bit.<br />
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I love my job and what I do, but I have to say that I love my co-workers just as much. We are like a family and support system of brilliant and hard working people. I've had good people at the agency before, and some, like <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Saritza_Hernandez.html" target="_blank">Saritza Hernandez</a> that have been with me from almost the beginning and continue to be superstars.<br />
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I have been getting Thank You cards at the office from authors that have participated in workshops, listened to us speak on panels, or queried us and were so grateful for the thoughtful and helpful responses that our interns and apprentices have shared with them, even when declining their work. That in itself says a whole lot! Especially when there are<br />
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Among our recent accomplishments are the #1 Agency rating on Publisher's Market place on several digital categories and good rankings overall. I couldn't have accomplished this without Saritza and <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Sarah_Negovetich.html" target="_blank">Sarah Negovetich</a>. Thank you ladies!<br />
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Several of our clients have received new publishing deals and hit best seller lists. Our Jr. Agent <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Cate_Hart.html" target="_blank">Cate Heart</a> has received her first offers for publication. And my Apprentice <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Ella_Kennen.html" target="_blank">Ella Kennen</a> and I accepted a wonderful deal for our client Stephen Bohls's middle grade adventure novel, details for which will soon be announced.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0scLChTnBVTRetGUHnnTK2Kp6fIabqxWyHFW8VcJSXQj-zL4NXHBtRZHOeyX7FtsnYCLtEtnIScB-HLIUcRA1HDbai3ZL41K0gIygQ8e36Ux0wTpWKmdCZUJzkPrVBIi4l9yHaxOxJEQ/s1600/teamwork+skydive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0scLChTnBVTRetGUHnnTK2Kp6fIabqxWyHFW8VcJSXQj-zL4NXHBtRZHOeyX7FtsnYCLtEtnIScB-HLIUcRA1HDbai3ZL41K0gIygQ8e36Ux0wTpWKmdCZUJzkPrVBIi4l9yHaxOxJEQ/s1600/teamwork+skydive.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a>Due to Ella's superb ability to spot talent, her dedication and hard work, and her continuous awesome all-out attitude, I have decided to promote Ella to our newest Jr. Literary Agent at the Agency. Ella is currently building her list and accepting queries. You can submit your work to her following our <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Submissions.html" target="_blank">Agency Submission Guidelines</a>, if your work is a good match for what she is looking for.<br />
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Congratulations to Ella, our full staff and our authors... go #teamcorvisiero! Here's to many more happy successes.<br />
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~Marisa<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-91159083030045573972014-10-14T10:26:00.000-04:002014-10-14T11:19:09.291-04:00THE FOUR CONTEST: Get your Manuscript Critiqued by a Literary AgentThis morning I realized that my Twitter account has almost 4 thousand followers, and I started thinking about how many awesome people I have met on social media whom ended up being clients.<br />
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I am offering to read someone's <b>completed and unpublished manuscript</b>, to which I will provide my assessment critique with a literary agent's eye toward publication. This will be a written analysis of what works and what doesn't work in your novel so far, and will provide some tips that in my opinion would make the story work better and be more marketable. </div>
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I'm never short on comments and opinions, so it will be like a mini consultation...for free of course. </div>
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<b>To Enter the Contest, all you need to do is:</b></div>
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<li>Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nyagent?ref=hl" target="_blank">My Facebook Page</a></li>
<li>Like our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/litagency?ref=hl" target="_blank">Facebook Agency Page</a></li>
<li>Follow me on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/mcorvisiero" target="_blank">@mcorvisiero</a></li>
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Once you've done all 4, e-mail me a brief one paragraph description of your novel at <b>contest@corvisieroagency.com</b> before<b> Friday 10/17 12:00pm EST</b>. Subject line: CONTEST ENTRY!<br />
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I will then randomly choose 4 people, and from those 4 I will pick the 1 manuscript that sounds the most interesting to me... After all, I have to have fun too. ;) I hope to hear from you! </div>
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Literary Agent at <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/" target="_blank">Corvisiero Literary Agency</a><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-65240386037364862242014-09-15T10:38:00.003-04:002014-09-23T15:54:17.543-04:00What Should You Be Writing Next? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9S0DO94F2b17HSp_5NkShdwdrv0GvoYrhQqevNaqppBpBVsuGlqOSdCg4XRmSymq07fmTN_aV82XH0UmruYrYLZFnPVpRm0bFj1FxFM6zVYlxf80sF_cweJkyNvBfLxOzYOISJ2Ar-BQ/s1600/trend-brand-word-blocks-19515674.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9S0DO94F2b17HSp_5NkShdwdrv0GvoYrhQqevNaqppBpBVsuGlqOSdCg4XRmSymq07fmTN_aV82XH0UmruYrYLZFnPVpRm0bFj1FxFM6zVYlxf80sF_cweJkyNvBfLxOzYOISJ2Ar-BQ/s1600/trend-brand-word-blocks-19515674.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a>Publishing trends aren't skittish, and they aren't whimsical. There is a logic to the trends, informative sources, and there are definite cycles to be observed. Hence, the next hot trend may be possible to be determined. So yes, you can most certainly keep your finger on the pulse of the market and see what is hot now, what has been selling, what hasn't been done in a while but has a following, and what people (authors, publishers and agents) are looking for, working on, and buying, and get ahead of that wave.<br />
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Do note however, that when I say what has been selling, I'm referring to not only books being sold in stores, but also e-books, and books being contracted by authors and agents to the publishing houses. I differentiate these three because the timing on when they are written and published varies significantly, and if you are simply following the trends of what is selling on the best seller lists now, you'll be completely off base.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7XLCNMBOZftl0hppuRmwfFMwGr14zAxbULsQr8TPqcf0MmlUsHGig6RSvjjnmiNBSkMETQ6wqHBAH9zUycT2b8K2FrhNyp9AB2bscTtqDhZrFWNA86BjzchJeGbudfuxacKzNfr9JqQ/s1600/14045-write-what-you-know-that-should-leave-you-with-a-lot-of-free-2_380x280_width.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7XLCNMBOZftl0hppuRmwfFMwGr14zAxbULsQr8TPqcf0MmlUsHGig6RSvjjnmiNBSkMETQ6wqHBAH9zUycT2b8K2FrhNyp9AB2bscTtqDhZrFWNA86BjzchJeGbudfuxacKzNfr9JqQ/s1600/14045-write-what-you-know-that-should-leave-you-with-a-lot-of-free-2_380x280_width.png" height="200" width="200" /></a>We often tell authors to write the story that they want to write. And write about what they know. These two are, more often than not, prerequisites to a good story. If you write about something you want to write about, it will likely be a story that you enjoy and are more likely to dedicate yourself, think the details through, and enjoy the process. It isn't just more fun, and more productive, but the end product is usually better when the author is loving the story as they are writing it.<br />
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I often find that when someone writes about a topic or place that they are not familiar with, small errors happen, and the material can sound forced, bringing the reader to question the authenticity of the facts and perhaps even disconnect them from the story.<br />
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If that's you and your story, great, but you may still want to try to figure out if the story you are writing or want to write is going to be marketable and synchronized to the trend wave when you're ready to put it out there. If this is the case, then you should be looking at what's has already been published, and what the demands have been and are, to determine what will be in demand... or so out of the proverbial box, that everyone will want it.<br />
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So many times, I have been pitched a book by an author who tells me, "This is very timely, because there will be a TV show about this in the fall," or they say that the sequel to xyz is being released next month by such and such top publisher. When this happens I sit a little closer to the person, smile, and then I explain to them that if I get to read their manuscript within the next month in itself would probably be a miracle. Then I have to pitch it and sell it. Which takes more time, months on average. Then once the publisher signs the book they have their own editing and production timelines. So the story that they are pitching to me, if I (or another agent) end up signing it and sell it to a top house, will likely not be out for another 1-2 years, sometimes more.<br />
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To figure out what has been selling, you should be looking at the best seller lists, reviews of purchases on Amazon and the such, book shelves and e-categories. The best seller lists going back as far as you're willing to extend your research will show you the most popular books with the best sales on a weekly basis. To do the best research, you should actually look at when that book was published (and the copyright notice on the first few pages because it may be a rerelease), and if you really want to figure out the timing, take a look at when that book was acquired by the publishing house to see how long it took them to release it. That's when you will start to get a full picture.<br />
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When you look for books on electronic sources like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the like, you can see most of the above stated information in the book's description page. You can also see how many reviews the book received, what those reviewers are reading (click on their user names), look up the books by category or genre and see what the amazing algorithms tell you. Amazon had these implemented these algorithms that allow them to use your purchase and browsing history to give you suggestions on what you may like, and to tell you what others that bought the book you're looking at purchased, and they even suggest more authors like the one you're looking at. I'm not sure how these Algorithms work, so take the suggestions as just that, suggestions. They may not be scientific evidence, but can be helpful none the less to gather info on the books, authors and readers. Another thing to keep in mind is that self published books, and there are a lot of them out there, are written and released a lot faster than those put out by publishers. So when you're looking at a book, it is important to note if the book was published by a publishing house, or if it was recently written and published by an independent author.<br />
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When a publishing house publishes a book, especially a paper book, it usually takes a minimum of six months to prepare and publish that book. Most publishing contracts allow publishers to take up to 18 months to put out a paper book. The reason why I'm telling you this is because if you're writing a trendy book now, and you pitch it to a publisher, that book will not be in stores for some time, so you may miss that trend completely. Especially if they take longer than six months to publish their books, and especially if you're targeting one of the top publishers and working with an agent. This info may help you decide to self publish, if you think that the work is time sensitive.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1d5K4jYmITi8jlAIN-KF04QHlA9Z71XPR3HYFgolQ6ZWV_tR1VJWj4eGK-CfOdLQn9ybZ8jT1K6c4K_17YfZ18IW84YoYFC3WOGT9LNrvQOjWg-cNXoRqYqNHw4g__FQQQFRRoFfDeU/s1600/tip-of-the-day-tip-character-3d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1d5K4jYmITi8jlAIN-KF04QHlA9Z71XPR3HYFgolQ6ZWV_tR1VJWj4eGK-CfOdLQn9ybZ8jT1K6c4K_17YfZ18IW84YoYFC3WOGT9LNrvQOjWg-cNXoRqYqNHw4g__FQQQFRRoFfDeU/s1600/tip-of-the-day-tip-character-3d.jpg" height="200" width="149" /></a>Like I said above, working with an agent may be necessary and always valuable, but it will add time to the equation. Most top publishers don't even look at un-agented work. Here are two ways to get around this issue. One is to find large publishing houses that do just e-books or e-first. Most of them now have imprints that do just that. These imprints may look at unagented work, and the releases are faster because e-books are easier to produce. The second is to pitch to a publisher directly at a writers conference and if they like it you can then more easily find an agent to help you with the contract.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiReV6dlXsQ1D7ZYj9DTj2fpFkxLo8J7wW5Dd3kR7gZj2CzVRcV9wA2PSBfdjhozln06NqTUlO6zbc12gwwMJ4dUifM8Si7QkwRlbNRZPGlKa4yKdQNRUWl8PIinMYsinqUXhFxR0YCsA/s1600/publishersmarketplace4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiReV6dlXsQ1D7ZYj9DTj2fpFkxLo8J7wW5Dd3kR7gZj2CzVRcV9wA2PSBfdjhozln06NqTUlO6zbc12gwwMJ4dUifM8Si7QkwRlbNRZPGlKa4yKdQNRUWl8PIinMYsinqUXhFxR0YCsA/s1600/publishersmarketplace4.jpg" height="155" width="200" /></a>So when you want to try to figure out a trend, it's smart to know what's out there and what's going to be out there. If you take into consideration what I just said about big publishing houses, you'll realize that you can actually figure out what books will be publishing in the next six months to a year or so, by looking at the listing of deals made by publishers. This is available on Publisher's Market Place.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NjMGvSyX13LF3HAKh2oViCOcufsaTzK9Fifbof3DuUBnYT8EkhyphenhyphenrhI7UEKtDKdaoTjuDwqXhw6p_O6DHo2P9XkuALUV2EX8cRYJdE7YK8QosmDkcQy_IKcANeUPh9pfWoEvfePaIQRU/s1600/Knowledge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NjMGvSyX13LF3HAKh2oViCOcufsaTzK9Fifbof3DuUBnYT8EkhyphenhyphenrhI7UEKtDKdaoTjuDwqXhw6p_O6DHo2P9XkuALUV2EX8cRYJdE7YK8QosmDkcQy_IKcANeUPh9pfWoEvfePaIQRU/s1600/Knowledge.jpg" height="131" width="200" /></a>By looking at all of these sources, now you <span style="text-align: center;">can have a better grasp of what's happening in the industry. Granted, this does not entirely tell you what independent authors will be publishing, but if you follow some independent authors on social media, and see what they are publishing, they are fairly transparent. You eventually start to get an idea of what to expect from them as well. </span><br />
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The same thing would apply to starting to pitch these types of books to agents or publishers, because by the time those books would release, the wave will likely have crested as well... if they even look at the books at all. Because agents and editors have a fairly good grasp about all of this and what they should be looking at. So if you get consistent declines on your work telling you that they already have similar projects in the work or published, then that should be your red flag.<br />
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Therefore, even though there really are no rules, and you really never know what will work in the market, because there are so many examples out there that have had unexplainable success. And there's no scientific way to know about new ideas, it is imperative to read and research the market to know what's been published, what has been doing well, what is coming out, and what will be out in the near future, because having this knowledge about the market will allow you to be able to determine with some logical certainty, whether and when it is the best time to pitch or publish your book.<br />
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Making an educated decision is always better than shooting in the dark, and then wondering why your didn't reach your target.<br />
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Happy publishing!<br />
~Marisa
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Sometimes these whims however, aren't just a hot trend like vampires and dystopian novels. Sometimes they are actually growth changes and demands that develop as markets grow and readers become more sophisticated. </div>
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A few years ago, a cute young adult vampire novel was published Stephanie Meyers titled Twilight... you may have heard of it. Yes, of course you have! The book became a sensation, changing the way we look at Vampires for ever, and pretty much blowing the roof off the YA market.</div>
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This book became so popular that not only did it attract the attention of readers of all ages, something we started calling cross over, but it also inspired millions of people to write within the genre. </div>
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Long story made short, we started calling these 'cross over novels' New Adult works, and targeting them to the age group that immediately follows Young Adult, ages 19-25. And even though many fought against it, and questioned it, it made complete sense. This, I think is brilliant actually, because this college age, often coming of age group has a huge readership. A readership that was being over looked, and often not properly targeted. (Including the age of the characters in descriptions and meta data just wasn't enough.) </div>
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Readers this age want to read about people their age, and what they are experiencing, and be able to relate. I'm not saying that we don't all relate to different age groups, because many of us actually look for these reads and love them. I'm saying that there was this unmet need to make it easier for this age group to properly find great books about characters their age, and life events, or experiences and decisions that happen during those times. Now we can all easily find them when we want them. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWac3RCtnjHiqCqSC6gD-whWLQR3GfCvVD33CV4btqTEX_3tSN2bx0GIS2xRN8ZqRtI7y5aTCgMeTJZ7X-c9HJaZKcw7N6K3mDcm3JY-FZfBhWZMcuneHCqpEjhzwilxy6KMv8_btyDBw/s1600/Old+lady+reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWac3RCtnjHiqCqSC6gD-whWLQR3GfCvVD33CV4btqTEX_3tSN2bx0GIS2xRN8ZqRtI7y5aTCgMeTJZ7X-c9HJaZKcw7N6K3mDcm3JY-FZfBhWZMcuneHCqpEjhzwilxy6KMv8_btyDBw/s1600/Old+lady+reading.jpg" height="320" width="267" /></a>Why do we need to do this? Some may argue that adults are adults, and we can't carve out all of the age groups and have so many categories... and that we are bottle-necking readers. I would wholeheartedly disagree with anyone who says this, because clumping books into the Adult category from ages 26 to 105 is just a bit TOO broad. I just see no reason why not organize our bookshelves provide more information to the market. </div>
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I'm a huge fan of mixing genres and categories as applicable. It's all good... as long as we properly describe what the book offers and for whom, so that the readers know exactly what they are getting and where to find it. So why not do it as a standard and organize the book shelves, instead impracticably of just skimming the surface with book descriptions. </div>
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I would love to hear your thoughts on this! Please do share your comments. </div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-15450965899043820462014-08-13T15:12:00.001-04:002014-08-13T15:21:11.823-04:00Gwen Jones' KISS ME, CAPTAIN Blog Tour <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCItWO99PmcCFBlHpkfMZL4BFx1Sa7022vpWpnm9CNLgis77GOKmFs86Mb1QuR1RoWvabpU18kKmJQwQxTZe6g20STOjIDqvchkQYVovGBabmDviKbHfwFyDyNPgb1cpuLnrwrGzRD_ag/s1600/GwenJones7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCItWO99PmcCFBlHpkfMZL4BFx1Sa7022vpWpnm9CNLgis77GOKmFs86Mb1QuR1RoWvabpU18kKmJQwQxTZe6g20STOjIDqvchkQYVovGBabmDviKbHfwFyDyNPgb1cpuLnrwrGzRD_ag/s1600/GwenJones7.jpg" height="320" width="211" /></a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">KISS ME, CAPTAIN is another brilliant upcoming release by the super fantastic <a href="http://gwenjoneswrites.com/" target="_blank">Gwen Jones</a>. I can't wait for this book to hit your shelves and readers. It has all the S's... Super, Sexy, Savvy and kinda Sweet. In short, a must read. And I don't just say that because Gwen is one of my clients at the <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Home_Page.php" target="_blank">Corvisiero Literary Agency</a> and I love her, but because she is <i>that</i> good and everyone should be reading the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wanted-Wife-French-Gwen-Jones/dp/0062268058/ref=la_B00D7JUH6I_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407956682&sr=1-1" target="_blank">French Kiss Series</a>. So much more to come too... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">French billionaire Marcel Mercier <em>loves</em> women. And there's a string of broken hearts across two continents to prove it. But as CEO of Mercier Shipping, he's got more important things to worry about … like why the charter company he just purchased in the United States is suddenly the center of an international media firestorm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">But Marcel's plan to seduce Dani backfires as sparks fly between the billionaire playboy and the passionate captain. Which leaves Marcel realizing that winning her heart is a challenge he can't afford to lose.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-14384769279926432052014-06-02T23:48:00.000-04:002014-06-02T23:48:31.469-04:00MAKE IT COUNT by Megan Erickson #NewBookRelease <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwCQYbmbYwrgD0K8lzaNzo__AIblmZd5nxyqu6o17kS7fXNtwZrhmHwiQuxns99hZiwKhGCGZsBbHZpFkXPhV3oSUB4WGeVGZqXikrm72sHsH7K7mv5LUi4BNtMfNGj6BpAh1AK9ym8U/s1600/bc2e2153e1ed6cf99789cb56e56c4d1d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwCQYbmbYwrgD0K8lzaNzo__AIblmZd5nxyqu6o17kS7fXNtwZrhmHwiQuxns99hZiwKhGCGZsBbHZpFkXPhV3oSUB4WGeVGZqXikrm72sHsH7K7mv5LUi4BNtMfNGj6BpAh1AK9ym8U/s1600/bc2e2153e1ed6cf99789cb56e56c4d1d.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">If you haven't already heard, tomorrow is book release day for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Make-Count-Bowler-University-Novel-ebook/dp/B00I2PH6AW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1401760910&sr=1-1&keywords=megan+erickson" target="_blank">MAKE IT COUNT</a>, book 1 in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Megan-Erickson/e/B00AWD8MHS/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1" target="_blank">Bowler University Series</a> by the sweet, funny, and oh so talented <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Megan_Erickson.html" target="_blank">Megan Erickson</a>. She is, of course, one of my brilliant <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Clients.php" target="_blank">clients</a> at the <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Clients.php" target="_blank">Corvisiero Literary Agency</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We are all super excited about this book released by William Morrow Impulse, <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062353412/make-it-count" target="_blank">Harper Collins</a>, and edited by the equally brilliant Amanda Bergeron. It is everything a New Adult novel should be. Throw in a great plot, humor, clever unique voice, well developed characters, and a super hot nerd, and you've got a <b>#MustReadBook</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I love the sexy male MC, Alec, who I guarantee will be trending as <b>#NerdIsTheNewBlack</b>... The female MC, Kat, is a beautiful young woman who has a learning disability that has gone undiagnosed until she is close to flunking out of college. For many personal reasons I really connected with Kat, and Megan's voice. I love everything about this book, and yes, the HEA. I know you will too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">Kat usually goes through tutors like she does boyfriends--both always seem to bail when they realize how hopeless she is. It's safer for her heart to keep everyone at arm's reach. But Alec is always stepping just a little too close.</span></i><i><span style="background-color: white;">Alec Stone should not be fantasizing about Kat. She's adorable, unbelievably witty, and completely off limits. He'd never stab his best friend in the back...</span></i></span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">But when secrets are revealed, the lines of loyalty are blurred. To make it count, Alec must learn messy human emotions can't be solved like a trigonometry function. And Kat has to trust Alec may be the first guy to want her for who she is, and not in spite of it.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">She’s got a couple of tattoos, has a thing for gladiators and has been called a crazy cat lady. After working as a journalist for years, she decided she liked creating her own endings better and switched back to fiction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, two kids and two cats. And no, she still can’t reach the stupid top shelf.</span></div>
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During the last stint, we were fortunate enough to have found three interns whose effort and aptitude was unsurpassable. They were shinny all on their on. So we have decided to keep them on board as Agent Apprentices and offer them as much training as possible to prepare them for Agenting in today's world of Publishing. </div>
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We are now in the process of reviewing hundreds of <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Opportunities.html" target="_blank">Literary Intern Applications</a> and interviewing candidates for the Summer. New interns will be announced as invitations are made and accepted, and our website will be updated accordingly.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-74156728867222618212014-04-17T10:37:00.000-04:002014-04-17T10:37:03.116-04:00Brenda Novak Auction for Diabetes<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #a0a290; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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Best Selling Author and Founder of the <b><a href="http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/" target="_blank">Annual On-Line Auction for a Cure for Diabetes</a></b>, <b>Brenda Novak </b>is at it again. This is her 10th annual public auction and it's bigger than ever!! </div>
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Of course, I'm am participating again by donating time and services. The <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/" target="_blank">Corvisiero Literary Agency</a> is hosting it's own category this year. All of the <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Corvisiero_Representation_2.html" target="_blank">Agents</a> at the agency are offering multiple donations from query and manuscript critiques to live consultations. The category is Romance - YA, NA, Romance, Womens' Fiction and Erotica. But many of the services do transfer over to other genres. Please take a look at <a href="http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/auctionhelp.taf?S=N&R=2&C=2&m=3&sort=1&ST=1&days=&category_id=15505&skipkw=1&status=&_start=1" target="_blank">our donations listed on Brenda's foundation page</a> and <a href="https://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/Registration.taf" target="_blank">register</a> to make a bid. The auctions begins on <u>May 1st</u>. </div>
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<i>I'm so excited about what we have planned for 2014. This is our big ten-year anniversary, and I hope to make the auction bigger and better than ever. Please join with me by donating a good or service we can put up for auction, helping to spread the word through Facebook, Twitter or email, or shopping when the auction opens May 1st (in order to be a shopper, please register now so that you'll get the information you need before the auction goes live). Almost everything will start at just $3--and all the proceeds will go to benefit the Diabetes Research Institute, which is doing some phenomenal work. There are so many people whose lives are affected by this terrible disease--it's one of our deadliest. So let's join together and see it become a thing of the past.</i></div>
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<i>Thanks so much to all those who have participated in previous years. Many of you have been with me since the very beginning--and together we've raised over $2 million. That's a figure I never dreamed we'd reach. I'm proud of that, but our work isn't done yet.</i></div>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-88747033202417139322014-03-21T12:13:00.001-04:002014-03-21T12:13:29.535-04:00Book Release: DAMNED IF YOU DON'T by Linda J. ParisiOur <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Linda-J.-Parisi/e/B00IXWZ0FW/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1" target="_blank">Linda J. Parisi</a> released a wonderful book titled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Damned-You-Dont-Linda-Parisi-ebook/dp/B00J3BIBGC/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395415768&sr=1-2&keywords=damned+if+you+don%27t">Damned if you Don't</a> this week. I would love it if you could check it out and pass the word. <div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">A</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;">ndrew Jackson “Jack” Kent’s on the hunt for white collar criminals, and as a private investigator he always gets his man. Except in this case it’s a woman, the brilliant cellular kineticist Dr. Morgan Mackenzie, whose next thrilling discovery is--him. </span><br /><div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Share Here!</div>Aiden Corvisierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046531599712316660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351531753304635685.post-89088090200940251672014-01-28T13:13:00.001-05:002014-01-28T13:14:18.855-05:00DO THE MATH: Choosing a Publishing Deal<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #333333;">This post is Not about </span><a href="http://meganerickson.org/" style="color: #333333;" target="_blank">Megan Erickson's</a><span style="color: #333333;"> soon to release novel </span><a href="http://meganerickson.org/my-books/do-the-math/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">DO THE MATH</span></a><span style="color: #333333;">. It is a post about why authors need to Do The Math when considering publishing deals. Far too many authors are unaware of the fact that the Publishing Model has changed significantly. Advances are not what they used to be, unless you're a Best Selling author or have a huge platform; and that even the top 5 publishing houses now have e-imprints that offer no advance at all. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;">Many authors get hung up on the traditional publishing mode and can't accept the fact that a contract may be a great deal even if the advance isn't what they expected. Unfortunately it sounds to me like no one is doing the math. </span><a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Sarah_Negovetich.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Sarah Negovetich</span></a><span style="color: #333333;">, of <a href="http://www.corvisieroagency.com/" target="_blank">Corvisiero Literary Agency</a>, just posted a wonderful post about Authors needing to learn math. I loved her post so much that I've 'borrowed part of it'. To see her full post and her other musings click on her name.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://sarahnego.blogspot.com/2014/01/why-writers-need-math.html?showComment=1390923900476#c4254914364014397146" target="_blank">Sarah Negovetich Wrote</a>:</b><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiza834wpWnBoGmvwN71Xt2emSekTszgrBdTIrhmDEZm2-IhCd4pS3ImmzJxaXqW6GadczBw8tC-jTUOzjtYqnTzPCD1bImj70pSXqgW2zokBx5f4UoCOHapzw0Y1KzIfNkCPAV-BQVPbE/s1600/Headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiza834wpWnBoGmvwN71Xt2emSekTszgrBdTIrhmDEZm2-IhCd4pS3ImmzJxaXqW6GadczBw8tC-jTUOzjtYqnTzPCD1bImj70pSXqgW2zokBx5f4UoCOHapzw0Y1KzIfNkCPAV-BQVPbE/s1600/Headshot.jpg" height="200" width="163" /></a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">"In publishing, you can't take anything for granted. There are no guarantees or absolutes. So, it's no wonder that the idea of an advance is the jewel in the corner of every writer's eye. If you haven't dreamed of announcing a six-figure advance on Publisher's Marketplace then you're lying. Who wouldn't want cash money in the bank that's yours to keep no matter what crazy winds blow in the book world?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">But if you've been paying attention, you know that the big advance is not all that common anymore, especially in the growing segment of small to mid-sized independent presses. Of course, the trade off is usually a higher royalty rate. The question then becomes, which one is the better deal? And this, my right-brained creative friends, is why all writers still need to know math.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">It's important to understand your earning potential when considering contracts. Before you ask your agent to push for a bigger advance, you should know what you're really asking for. You might be surprised to know that taking a smaller advance in exchange for a higher royalty rate is usually going to be the better way to go.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #333333;">And just in case you don't believe me, I've done the math for you.</span></i></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Let's take a look at two different options. In option A the publisher is offering a $1000 advance and 7% in royalties. In option B the publisher is offering only a $500 advance but is willing to give a 10% royalty rate. For this example we are assuming a $10 cover price because that makes all the numbers nice and neat.</span></i></span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></i><br />
<i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">You can see that because of the difference in royalty rates, it will take much longer to earn out the advance in offer A, 1429 books versus only 500 in option B. If we assume the author can sell 5K books with their first print run, the total royalty earnings for option B are $1500 more than option A. That number will only continue to increase as additional books are sold. </span></i><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Assume $10 cover price</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">7%*$10.00</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">10%*$10.00</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Royalty per book sold</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> $0.70</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"># of books to earn out</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1429</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">500</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"># of books to reach 5K</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">3571</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">4500</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Revenue post earn out</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> $2,500.00</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> $4,500.00</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Total revenue for 5K</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> $3,500.00</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> $5,000.00</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Now, let's say the author can't sell 5K books. Would it be worth it to take the higher advance if the author was only able to earn out?</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Offer B</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Assume $10 cover price</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">7%*$10.00</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Royalty per book sold</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> $0.70</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> $1.00</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"># of books to earn out</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1429</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">500</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"># of books to reach 1429</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">929</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Revenue post earn out</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> $929.00</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Total revenue for 1429</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> $1,000.00</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> $1,429.00</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">The answer: No. Even if the author is only able to sell enough books to earn out the advance, they still would have made more revenue with the higher royalty.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Now, obviously, there are a lot of factors that go into this. The cover price, the difference in the royalty rates, and the difference in the advance. However, in most cases, the higher royalty is the way to go."</span></i><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><br />After reading <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://sarahnego.blogspot.com/2014/01/why-writers-need-math.html">Sarah's post</a> </span>you're either saying 'I knew that', in which case kudos to you! Or you are surprised to actually see how the numbers work out. But some of you may be wondering if this makes sense at all if you don't get an advance, or if the numbers are larger... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">To that I say Do the Math! and see what works out. <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">If you want to play around with some figures Sarah created a "<i>handy dandy </i></span><i><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0An9jhxhSst8vdHFnYnVXcVJNVFJrNEFLY0pWWjhlQUE&usp=sharing" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Contract Revenue Calculator</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"> for you to plug it all in. Just enter the royalty rate, advance, cover price and anticipated book sales. The worksheet will automatically calculate the number of books you need to sell to earn out and the total anticipated revenue.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><i>I realize math isn't the most fun subject for a lot of people, but as an author, you are also a business owner whether you go with a traditional publishing house or go it alone. You need to know what you are worth, how much you should be making and when a bird in the hand is not actually better than the two in the bush</i>.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">" (</span><a href="http://sarahnego.blogspot.com/2014/01/why-writers-need-math.html?showComment=1390923900476#c4254914364014397146" style="line-height: 20px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Sarah Nego Writes</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">And since I couldn't have said it better myself, I'll leave you with that! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The other day I received an e-mail from a writer who is 100% sure that his project is the next blockbuster project for Stephen Spielberg. He sent me a long explanation of the reasons why he couldn't get the project onto Stephen's desk... </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIFi3mNGvhyphenhyphenJaMsSCMXfGQiYAatF1E8KhXBvgGzFteqBHKfcRfQ_5bxJI1u3Z9IFxQLj8_ABuQnnaOPgFX374gpRj65BW-HqjJ5CxE_xdHkm4UYfr9cuAL9kaHSSbAKyj3kPNdc8Hcuw/s1600/potential--23218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIFi3mNGvhyphenhyphenJaMsSCMXfGQiYAatF1E8KhXBvgGzFteqBHKfcRfQ_5bxJI1u3Z9IFxQLj8_ABuQnnaOPgFX374gpRj65BW-HqjJ5CxE_xdHkm4UYfr9cuAL9kaHSSbAKyj3kPNdc8Hcuw/s200/potential--23218.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I admit that I liked his initiative, some of the things he said, and the fact that the story is about time travel... one of my favorite things to read, write, watch and even discuss. So of course, I told him to send it to me for review and then we would chat. I mean really, how can I possibly pass up a project that Spielberg is 'craving'!? So much potential right? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In short, the synopsis, which wasn't even properly translated into English, basically described a time travel story about a man who transforms his <i>classic</i> vehicle into a time machine and <i>accidentally</i> goes back to the exact time when he made the one mistake that he believes ruined his life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">What a lucky coincidence for the time traveler! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I read on and realized that the rest of the story in the first installment of the trilogy is about the protagonist choosing the right girl to take to the dance. After he makes the right decision, he's of course still stuck in the past and has to figure out how to replicate the results of the time jump to get back to his present time. When he finally gets home, he realizes that his whole life has been fixed! He then soon finds out that something terrible will happen to his daughter in the future... and so begins the sequel... Gees, does this sound familiar? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So I responded to this sweet author telling him that I regret to have to pass on this project because it sounds too much like <i>Back To the Future</i> and it is unfortunately not unique enough. I also included what I thought would be encouraging words and praise for his efforts, and some tips on putting the package together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">To say that this author was pissed off by my rejection is like saying that Niagra Falls is dripping water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I've been a literary agent for a number of years now. I've seen my share of disappointed queriers, but the</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> response I received from him floored me. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGdRSxfnJk9VbAtE_Mgf_k3uHmn_b-RfVO8rFs98p6yrAyvdHMjuBoNjibw_Hr1vR4dzQ-mXWT3G3l1fGji6e_XYtG7XPa1ozDw0aLGIYQqxWku0uG7iVAIiI0An5M-BLpcJMYykEzB0/s1600/books+and+movies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGdRSxfnJk9VbAtE_Mgf_k3uHmn_b-RfVO8rFs98p6yrAyvdHMjuBoNjibw_Hr1vR4dzQ-mXWT3G3l1fGji6e_XYtG7XPa1ozDw0aLGIYQqxWku0uG7iVAIiI0An5M-BLpcJMYykEzB0/s200/books+and+movies.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've always been an avid reader and probably watch more movies than the books I read. I would like to think that I know the difference between a good story and one that .... lets just say is neither unique nor well written. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I will not post his ridiculous full response here for many reasons. I will however share a redacted version (redactions are in black) of the relevant part.</span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"It’s seems to me that you have misunderstood me all the way down !</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d; font-style: italic;">I am the F*****G screenwriter/director who got the last F*****G project his currently working on, </span><span lang="EN-US">[really? Then why is he looking for an agent who can get his work to Spielberg's desk?] </span><span lang="EN-US"><i style="color: #38761d;">to be done with… </i>[terrible actress]<i style="color: #38761d;">, her </i>[XXX]<i style="color: #38761d;"> </i><i style="color: #38761d;"> and, last but not least, the ‘</i>[someone I never heard of] <i style="color: #38761d;">himself, in partnership with </i>[XXX]<i style="color: #38761d;"> </i><i style="color: #38761d;"> (France) and </i>[XXX]<i style="color: #38761d;"> </i><i style="color: #38761d;"> (that has been recently sold by </i>[XXX]<i style="color: #38761d;"> </i><i style="color: #38761d;"> to </i>[XXX]<i style="color: #38761d;"> </i><span style="color: #38761d; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-style: italic;">, what allowed </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">[XXX]</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"> </i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #38761d; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-style: italic;">.); </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><i style="color: #38761d;">For your info, Mrs. CORVISIERO, the aforesaid F*****G project, which called ‘'</i>[Title that I've seen on two books and at least one movie in the last 10 years]<i style="color: #38761d;">’, </i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d; font-style: italic;">is expected to bring the international box office down;</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d; font-style: italic;">Just in case you got 15 minutes of your ‘precious’ time to waste, Mrs. CORVISIERO, </span><span lang="EN-US"><i style="color: #38761d;">here I send you a copy of the 57-script entitled ‘</i>[overused title again -- as if I want to read anything he wrote now]<i style="color: #38761d;">’,"</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">With my connections in my hometown, </span></i>[XXX]<i style="color: #38761d;"> </i><i><span style="color: #38761d;"> (which means to </span></i>[XXX]<i style="color: #38761d;"> </i><i><span style="color: #38761d;"> what Beverly Hills means to North America) a</span></i></span></span></span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-US">nd in Paris (where, unlike Hollywood, you ain’t need to be represented by an agent to get your talent considered </span><span lang="EN-US">by the biggest names in the trade, </span></span></i><i style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">such as Canal Plus/Studio Canal (which is the biggest French network and film company, also present in Hollywood…),</i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-US">it only took me a couple of weeks to get my project considered as it deserves to be… </span></span></i><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>I’m really disappointed in you, Mrs. CORVISIERO !</i></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorWa1cyUHgpN6SDWZamgSaM2Whzbv6tgewJZsNpF3n_GZ6_PzvRzcw5ESaGxDrMVkfYaAadJ4SvnJ5UYlztsZQKAgD05pNpkhmpH_ADLeZset-7Fk8diP0EnCSzBJmbRG5mZ4tfyUVGE/s1600/famous-quotes-albert-einstein.jpg%3Fw=584.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorWa1cyUHgpN6SDWZamgSaM2Whzbv6tgewJZsNpF3n_GZ6_PzvRzcw5ESaGxDrMVkfYaAadJ4SvnJ5UYlztsZQKAgD05pNpkhmpH_ADLeZset-7Fk8diP0EnCSzBJmbRG5mZ4tfyUVGE/s200/famous-quotes-albert-einstein.jpg%3Fw=584.jpeg" width="193" /></a><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-US">I saw a video of you on Youtube [ </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0gVWXuTxnU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0gVWXuTxnU</a></span><span lang="EN-US"> ],</span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>and I think it’s such a shame that an agent, what’s more a lawyer, as beautiful, as smart and as clever</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>than you look to be, Madam, be also that… DUMB n’ STUPID !" </i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: black;">I'll stop there. *Taking a deep cleansing breath* </span></span></div>
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The rest of the e-mail was a lengthy version of Spielberg's bio <span style="text-align: center;">sprinkled with unfounded rumors about what he's 'craving,' quotes from trade publications, and some more poorly written nonsense about me loosing the 'opportunity of a lifetime' in equally dysfunctional phrasing and format. He didn't even get punctuation right. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMSc4cZlMdUswjaTEwHTTB6QhLXLkJzpqcbCLksCFm_fQsG5aous4C_OR8hZmBIbD5PAU2A-bK5-exThutDyrl7A6wS3xC7QOm4J9XxNr8iR32DvQaozbxZnzXka5WWDpN6KEZnUiwYM/s1600/hints+and+tips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMSc4cZlMdUswjaTEwHTTB6QhLXLkJzpqcbCLksCFm_fQsG5aous4C_OR8hZmBIbD5PAU2A-bK5-exThutDyrl7A6wS3xC7QOm4J9XxNr8iR32DvQaozbxZnzXka5WWDpN6KEZnUiwYM/s200/hints+and+tips.jpg" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: black;"><u>Here's a Tip folks</u>: If you want a literary agent to take your insults seriously, you sure as hell better have that e-mail be creative, well written, well formatted, and use spotless punctuation. If you want to insult a lawyer, add in reliable facts... I'm just saying. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: black;">This nimrod</span></span> did neither. </div>
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I can't say I'm surprised by this reaction. I probably should have seen the hints of instability in his prior e-mails and his lack of formality. So, <i>my bad</i> on that. But he personally insulted me and was out of line on so many levels that I had to at least send him a quick response. </div>
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I'm not mad at him either, but business is business, and authors need to behave in a professional manner. If I don't think I can sell someone's work, I will tell them. I would think that authors would prefer honesty over wasted time, and appreciate a candid response so that they can improve their work. I understand that it is difficult to deal with rejection, no matter how nicely it's presented. But believe me when I tell you that no agent takes rejecting work lightly.<br />
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It's okay to disagree with an agent's opinion and to be disappointed, but it isn't fair to retaliate in reaction to an unwanted result. It may make the author feel better for about five minutes, but the bridge isn't only burned... It's friggen demolished.<br />
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In case you're interested in my response... Here's what I sent him:<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">"</span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Dear [His name], </span></i></div>
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<i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;">In my response to your query, I told you that in my opinion the project is not unique enough because the description resonates with Back to the Future 'all the way down'. Clearly you haven't learned to give people credence for their opinions. Your response really says nothing for your aptitude and professionalism.</span></i></div>
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<i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;">I'm happy to hear that your connections will get this project off the ground for you. It seems that you didn't even need to bother with a 'dumb n' stupid' agent like myself, who doesn't know anything about stories. </span></i><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;">Just remember that name dropping and the ability to disparage does not a good writer make. </span></i></div>
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<i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;">Good luck with your project and all the bridges you're burning on your way to 'success'. For your sake, I hope that your good luck is as abundant as your ego. You're going to need it.</span></i><span style="background-color: white;">"</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpAv-ytlzcoZ_ObNX2t4ejsBvDuQX7hkRGSV1RqbhB-DO_GcTttUBNbV0L942El75FT0eipidJ_VvfoV_lPi6_AgTQGhxzSmf3cURafHxFvv2WJEwKOYkt7izGkDv_eGp3j3iV53UdSw/s1600/kindness-is-a-language.png%3Fw=538.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpAv-ytlzcoZ_ObNX2t4ejsBvDuQX7hkRGSV1RqbhB-DO_GcTttUBNbV0L942El75FT0eipidJ_VvfoV_lPi6_AgTQGhxzSmf3cURafHxFvv2WJEwKOYkt7izGkDv_eGp3j3iV53UdSw/s200/kindness-is-a-language.png%3Fw=538.png" width="200" /></a>After sending this e-mail, I blocked him as spam. I never want to read another word from him again. I don't mean to sound indifferent. In fact, it saddens me when colleagues or other professionals share things about clients or potential clients, or even other colleagues in a critical manner.<br />
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I always prefer to share things that are constructive and positive, but once in a while even these types of story sharing have some value.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgcc8NP6a3gB-cz58E2ePnCTJa00b8gOx7EVzrnO3SBoratQ8aI6Oan0QSHA5cxiCkIRqJ6kVzfVHhaluyueXrbeHKN_bO1QxS0-G1vQe5TxGpaJ6js4OobqK_mW7ffEpohxf9IXbSFo/s1600/eat+paper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgcc8NP6a3gB-cz58E2ePnCTJa00b8gOx7EVzrnO3SBoratQ8aI6Oan0QSHA5cxiCkIRqJ6kVzfVHhaluyueXrbeHKN_bO1QxS0-G1vQe5TxGpaJ6js4OobqK_mW7ffEpohxf9IXbSFo/s200/eat+paper.jpg" width="200" /></a>Here's to Nimrod, and hopping that his project gets to Spielberg's desk and proves me wrong!<br />
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If it ever does, I'd be happy to print this post on recycled paper, put it in my mouth, chew thoroughly and swallow it... I will not even take an antacid to help me deal with it.<br />
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But that will never happen.<br />
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