Well any flaws in the site would have to be addressed by additional beer-fueled brainstorming sessions :-)
Alas, this was a pub-inspired daydream, but the hard kernel of truth is that the personality factor is a significant part of the author/agent relationship, and it's obviously the hardest thing to research ahead of time when you're looking for an agent (or for an agent to know about a potential client.)
To stretch the dating analogy further--I've known a number of authors who were initially thrilled when an agent agreed to represent them, but then as time passed the initial glow wore off and they realized that this wasn't the kind of relationship they wanted.
Keeping in mind, of course, that things that one author loves in her agent can be the exact same behaviors that causes another author to pull their hair out in frustration.
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Date: 2009-01-28 01:16 pm (UTC)Alas, this was a pub-inspired daydream, but the hard kernel of truth is that the personality factor is a significant part of the author/agent relationship, and it's obviously the hardest thing to research ahead of time when you're looking for an agent (or for an agent to know about a potential client.)
To stretch the dating analogy further--I've known a number of authors who were initially thrilled when an agent agreed to represent them, but then as time passed the initial glow wore off and they realized that this wasn't the kind of relationship they wanted.
Keeping in mind, of course, that things that one author loves in her agent can be the exact same behaviors that causes another author to pull their hair out in frustration.