Comments on Nathan Bransford - Literary Agent: When Agenting is Like Dating

anon-Nope, but you can bet I'll be firing up the D...

2007-04-17T15:42:00.000-07:00

anon-

Nope, but you can bet I'll be firing up the DVR tonight to see my doppleganger.

Probable weird question:That wasn't you in the sec...

2007-04-17T15:40:00.000-07:00

Probable weird question:

That wasn't you in the second episode, at the end of the bar, when Ari and Lloyd met with the syndicated writer -- was it?

Your pic on this blog is small, but I thought there was a resemblance.

So, Nathan, does this mean if I ever see you in a ...

2007-04-10T09:45:00.000-07:00

So, Nathan, does this mean if I ever see you in a restaurant I shouldn't send Drama to run interference for me?

:::makes note to self:::

Our TV isn't hooked up to anything but a DVD playe...

2007-04-10T08:56:00.000-07:00

Our TV isn't hooked up to anything but a DVD player. They get a nonstop workout when the previous season of Entourage arrives from Netflix.

Jeremy Piven is brilliant. Lloyd and Johnny Drama are delightfully quirky. Vince (swoon), Turtle, and E are just so much "the boys from Queens."

The show's writers have created the holy grail of authorship: characters I actually care about.

Come on, Ari! I'm pulling for ya!

I don't know who was more excited, you or me. I lo...

2007-04-09T20:00:00.000-07:00

I don't know who was more excited, you or me. I love that show. Been counting off the days for it to start again. Couldn't give a crap about the Sopranos. I love Ari and his "gaysian" assistant Lloyd. And the boys and the inside look into Hollywood. I would "date" Ari in a heartbeat. In fact, I did follow Jeremy Piven into the mens room and tried to buy him several drinks before he called security on me. Who knew admiration would be considered "stalking" in California? ;o)

cxygqa, I always thought ALL dating was like that....

2007-04-09T15:44:00.000-07:00

cxygqa, I always thought ALL dating was like that....
And I'd like to see a 14-year-old attempt to write a JFK bio! Wow. Talk about child prodigy! Most 14-year-olds are more likely to re-hash HBO episodes.... (Trust me: I teach 14-year-olds.)
And Sherri, if you really like the book/birth analogy, there's this great little feminist reading of Frankenstein wherein the entire story becomes an allegory for a man trying to create a "child" -- unnaturally, of course.

Do you shave before you kiss, or Is that the you r...

2007-04-09T15:17:00.000-07:00

Do you shave before you kiss, or Is that the you rub me raw line?

No no. It's like dating in a world where there are...

2007-04-09T14:53:00.000-07:00

No no. It's like dating in a world where there are seven men and four thousand women.

so...are you busy next weekend?Just as friends!hah...

2007-04-09T14:52:00.000-07:00

so...are you busy next weekend?

Just as friends!

hahaha!

You're a compelling writer -- I agree with Starbuc...

2007-04-09T14:35:00.000-07:00

You're a compelling writer -- I agree with Starbucks.

I've got to say, I experienced a bad (bad, bad, bad) agent break-up a couple of years ago. Long, ugly story. Suffice it to say that the final moment of our pseudo-relationship consisted of the agent, after having verbally abused me over the telephone, hanging up on me.

Seriously.

Needless to say, my current agent search has been bolstered by hours and hours (and hours and hours) of research. And I've had more pleasant experiences reading rejections to partials than those I lived through with Ex-agent.

Yes! So apt.And could I add from the writerly love...

2007-04-09T14:12:00.000-07:00

Yes! So apt.

And could I add from the writerly lovelorn side-- please don't act interested in us, don't invite us in for a cup of joe, don't ask for our phone numbers, if you don't intend to Call.

Aaargh! I don't get to see entourage until the sea...

2007-04-09T13:47:00.000-07:00

Aaargh! I don't get to see entourage until the season ends, at which time I watch it on tape in one gloriously hedonistic sitting. Don't post spoilers!

Otherwise, nice blog.

"I will stop the metaphor there so we don't extend...

2007-04-09T13:46:00.000-07:00

"I will stop the metaphor there so we don't extend the images to prams and amniotic fluid"

That's so funny. Right before reading this I had published my own post relating writing a book to childbirth. However, I didn't go into that kind of detail. Great minds...

Love your blog.

Sex would be what...making a sell, or is that marr...

2007-04-09T13:23:00.000-07:00

Sex would be what...making a sell, or is that marriage? Maybe the multiple book deal would be marriage...Hmmm.

You started it!

starbucks-I'm sorry, those records are sealed.

2007-04-09T12:20:00.000-07:00

starbucks-

I'm sorry, those records are sealed.

Have YOU ever thought about writing a book, Nathan...

2007-04-09T12:16:00.000-07:00

Have YOU ever thought about writing a book, Nathan?

Yanno, I just had this scenario running through my...

2007-04-09T11:42:00.000-07:00

Yanno, I just had this scenario running through my head last week, only from a slightly different viewpoint - you (meaning "I") put tremendous amounts of time and emotional effort into a potential relationship (got the right clothes, the right haircut, picked the restaurant he/she likes, etc.), and after a few panic attacks and some heavy paper-bag-breathing you finally work up the nerve to pour out your heart and soul and let him/her know exactly how you feel.

Result? "Thanks, but you're not right for me."

Is it any wonder our first reaction (before reason once again takes hold a few moments later) is to obsess over what we did wrong? Was it my hair? Is there somebody else? Did I come on too strong? Was the food too spicy? Not spicy enough? Gahhhhh!

Love the blog, I come here every day for a laugh (and I mean that in a good way). Even though you didn't like my hair (heh heh).

Liz

*mouth filled with cottonballs, speaking in harsh ...

2007-04-09T11:22:00.000-07:00

*mouth filled with cottonballs, speaking in harsh Italian accent*

"You're not showin' the proper respect to Tony Soprano. Capiche!"

Come on... it was The Soprano's final season premiere last night.

I've never watched Entourage. I've heard good things... but never watched.

And a 14 year old's perspective on JFK could be interesting. Or not.

You can't prove that I'm stalking you. I just hap...

2007-04-09T11:12:00.000-07:00

You can't prove that I'm stalking you. I just happen to show up here every day. And if you just got to know me--I'm not really like I am! Really!

I have HBO, but I wouldn't waste my time on Entour...

2007-04-09T11:10:00.000-07:00

I have HBO, but I wouldn't waste my time on Entourage. A new season of Dexter is coming up and I'll take a series about a serial killer over whatever that show is.
As I write my manuscript I wonder if there is an agent twisted enough for it.