I've been with my wonderful agent for just over five years now. In that time she has sold seven books of mine, in thirteen languages (total) worldwide.
Sure, we send each other christmas cards and stuff - and when I go to exotic places (like Alaska, last year, and Japan, this summer) I make calendars of my photos and my agent gets one of them - it's a sort of "looking forward to ANOTHER year" present.
She has phoned me when she has needed to. We have had at least three phone conversations that I KNOW lasted longer than an hour, discussing (in detail) works in progress or under construction at the proposal stage. I have met her several times, when I go over to Lunacon on teh east coast I make a point of popping into NYC and seeing her while I am there.
Do I expect her to rock up in a limo? No. But she HAS paid for a taxi ride a couple of times, getting us across New York to lunch appointments with editors and suchlike.
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Date: 2007-11-29 08:05 pm (UTC)Sure, we send each other christmas cards and stuff - and when I go to exotic places (like Alaska, last year, and Japan, this summer) I make calendars of my photos and my agent gets one of them - it's a sort of "looking forward to ANOTHER year" present.
She has phoned me when she has needed to. We have had at least three phone conversations that I KNOW lasted longer than an hour, discussing (in detail) works in progress or under construction at the proposal stage. I have met her several times, when I go over to Lunacon on teh east coast I make a point of popping into NYC and seeing her while I am there.
Do I expect her to rock up in a limo? No. But she HAS paid for a taxi ride a couple of times, getting us across New York to lunch appointments with editors and suchlike.
She's a gem. I can live without the limo.