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Holy cow Batman, an agent wants 30 pages.... eeck!
Starbeam:
--- Quote from: Murphy's Stunt Double on May 16, 2009, 05:13:14 PM ---Has been turned into a church? *is confused* I thought "Pantheon" was a gathering place for the gods originally anyway.
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Heh. What I meant was that it had been turned into a Catholic/Christian church, when it had originally been used as a polytheistic temple for the Romans.
meg_evonne:
Agree with Starbeam. It has a layered past. When the Popes came in they removed all the bronze that covered it and the white marble to use at St Peter's. It was built, I think in the 300'sAD, by Hadrian. One of the speculation, probably true is that it was a group temple, but evidence that it was also a public meeting area with government functions. Eventually, some Pope renamed it Sant Maria Rotunde (for the shape obviously) but the term Pantheon regained acceptance during WWII.
None of my recent research shows that it is currently being used as a church, but concerts are common in it or in the Pantheon Piazza, where the fountain/obelisk are located. It's billed on line sites as a sort of the hip place to be as the sun sets.
Raphael is buried there and someone usually has left a single red rose on his memorial.
Murphy's Stunt Double:
I love history! ;D
The Dread Pharaoh Roberts:
--- Quote from: Lanodantheon on May 02, 2009, 12:23:48 AM ---How can we help you today? BTW, how do you get in touch with an agent anyway? Are they expensive?
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Important piece of advice I've been given by a couple of published authors - an author only signs checks on the back. If an agent or publisher asks for money, walk away. Quickly. They get a percentage of the profits, not a fee up-front.
meg_evonne:
Realized that I hadn't updated you all. The excitement has continued. Another agent requested the entire manuscript in e-form and that I send it off in paper copy as well. The e-manuscript went off within a hour of receiving her request. I had it in four attachments and I had to combine and assure myself that the chapter headings were formatted properly etc. That agent requests a 5 to 6 week exclusive access and I am going to honor that--no matter what. This agent is one who has had over 24 deals in the last year or so and has worked with all the major houses that I feel would be a good mix with the work. Further her web site is requesting YA with puzzle and solve the clue type books... Two lines below that she was requesting sci fi/fantasy--I'm at least in her 'need' pile!
I'd love to send her my rough 8000 on the sequel that is already a really fun ride, but decided that probably would look a bit too... uhm pushy?
I've sent in six queries, running four at a time, replacing a name as the notices came back. I've only gotten two rejections, which leaves me flustered. One now has the entire manuscript and three others that I am still waiting for a reply. Last time I queried with them, the rejections came through within a week or two. So I continue to wait. One of them is Jennifer Jackson--so that is a long shot. I've one more ace in the hole agent that I think could be a good mix. I received a very positive rejection with interest on my last urban fantasy (first I've ever shopped) and he wanted to see the YA that I mentioned while I was still only half way into the first rough draft.
I finished my research on the sequel and am now 8000 plus words into the first draft. My editor is willing to continue to work with me on the 2nd book. I've two workshops at the Univ of IA writer's festival this summer.
I'm sure that I will take another mediabistro.com young adult class with Jill again this fall or winter, where I would be starting book III in the sequel. There were several sci fi/fantasy writers in the last class. It included a wonderful mix of already published authors as well from other genres--so there was a lot of knowledge to draw on.
Last week, one of my fellow students posted on our writing website we created, that she had signed her book (from the same class that I was in--still in rough draft form) with an agent! We are all feeling super charged.
I've never had an agent ask for money, but the mediabistro.com classes have taught me to be a wise shopper. I use publisher's marketplace regularly to research agents, editors, and houses so I'm not wasting their or my time. It also is proving an invaluable source of seeing what is selling right now that won't publish for six months or much longer. Students and teachers have been excellent sources of web site material, blogs etc.
I'm still sure that this will all fizzle out, but for a writer that in 30 years never let a soul read anything I wrote....I've now people stopping me in town asking what I've heard. It's nice, but odd. I prefer it under my rock to be honest...
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