5 Writers Walk Into A Bar

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Keeping the stereotypes alive, when writers get together, it's often in a bar, and this weekend was no exception. As we talked about the state of the industry and our careers, some of those present lamented the difficulty in finding the right agent--someone who is not only a skilled negotiator, industry-savvy and enthusiastic about your work, but also someone whose personality and business style meshes with your own.

Being happily represented by superagent arcaedia, I could not join in the laments but instead offered my beer-inspired realization that what the world really needs is a MATCH dot COM for writers and agents. It's so perfect, I can't believe no one has thought of this before.

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Re: Agent Agent

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Beer is always an answer to any writing dilemma. It may not be a good answer... :-)

One of the trickiest part of the author/agent relationship is the realization that simply because AgentX is a good agent for some authors does not mean that AgentX is the right fit for you. Which is where a dating service to iron out compatibility issues isn't quite as crazy as it seems.

Because in the end, the wrong agent can be worse than no agent at all.