Comments on: How To Get An Agent http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15750/how-to-get-an-agent.html Home of the magazine, the books, and the conference Fri, 24 May 2013 16:21:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: D.T. http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15750/how-to-get-an-agent.html#comment-25429 D.T. Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:42:23 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15750#comment-25429 Who's Seth Fried? Who’s Seth Fried?

]]> By: Patrick http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15750/how-to-get-an-agent.html#comment-11834 Patrick Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:31:22 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15750#comment-11834 I wish I could go back in time and ask Boogie Phillips and the Not Too Busy for Brunch Bunch to play my wedding. Very funny, Seth! I wish I could go back in time and ask Boogie Phillips and the Not Too Busy for Brunch Bunch to play my wedding. Very funny, Seth!

]]> By: Corey http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15750/how-to-get-an-agent.html#comment-11811 Corey Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:16:13 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15750#comment-11811 I appreciate this. As someone frustrated by my lack of luck in getting an agent, I now see I was going about it all wrong. I'm also inspired to shoplift a few copies of Tin House on my lunch break. I appreciate this. As someone frustrated by my lack of luck in getting an agent, I now see I was going about it all wrong. I’m also inspired to shoplift a few copies of Tin House on my lunch break.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15750/how-to-get-an-agent.html#comment-11647 Amanda Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:55:49 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15750#comment-11647 This is a total "fuck you" to people without a sense of humor. Shame on you Tin House. This is a total “fuck you” to people without a sense of humor. Shame on you Tin House.

]]> By: Molly http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15750/how-to-get-an-agent.html#comment-11646 Molly Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:41:48 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15750#comment-11646 Why are we acting like Camera Kamera isn't making a valid point? This blog post reads to me like a, "Fuck you if you haven't already totally established yourself in our industry, mwahahaha." I guess there's an emphasis here on writers shitting on agents, which is a phenomenon I have never heard of and know nothing about, but heck, maybe it's a real thing. Why are we acting like Camera Kamera isn’t making a valid point? This blog post reads to me like a, “Fuck you if you haven’t already totally established yourself in our industry, mwahahaha.”

I guess there’s an emphasis here on writers shitting on agents, which is a phenomenon I have never heard of and know nothing about, but heck, maybe it’s a real thing.

]]> By: Paul Tinker http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15750/how-to-get-an-agent.html#comment-11621 Paul Tinker Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:36:33 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15750#comment-11621 I agree that Tin House should read more un-agented manuscripts. Specifically, all those submitted by Camera Kamera. Sounds like he/she has a fantastic story to tell, full of humor, and dare I say, ethos. I agree that Tin House should read more un-agented manuscripts. Specifically, all those submitted by Camera Kamera. Sounds like he/she has a fantastic story to tell, full of humor, and dare I say, ethos.

]]> By: Camera Kamera http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15750/how-to-get-an-agent.html#comment-11615 Camera Kamera Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:37:08 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15750#comment-11615 The sarcasm is lovely, but seriously, getting an agent is obviously crucial to publishing books. Even Tin House Books very, very infrequently considers un-agented manuscripts. (Once they did, two years ago, when they read manuscripts that came with proof of purchase of a book from a bookstore). So tonally, your column seems to suggest it's not important to have an agent. But your institution supports the exact agenda you are mocking. Though, your comments do suggest some pathos in the last paragraph, but by that time you've diminished any sense of ethos on your part. The sarcasm is lovely, but seriously, getting an agent is obviously crucial to publishing books. Even Tin House Books very, very infrequently considers un-agented manuscripts. (Once they did, two years ago, when they read manuscripts that came with proof of purchase of a book from a bookstore). So tonally, your column seems to suggest it’s not important to have an agent. But your institution supports the exact agenda you are mocking. Though, your comments do suggest some pathos in the last paragraph, but by that time you’ve diminished any sense of ethos on your part.

]]> By: Deb N http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15750/how-to-get-an-agent.html#comment-11611 Deb N Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:29:12 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15750#comment-11611 LOVE IT. LOVE IT.

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