tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post115983708225938763..comments2023-11-02T05:07:44.211-07:00Comments on Books, Boys, Buzz...: The First Date (with your agent that is!)Young Adult Authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12093024348425287064noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-1160102342440439672006-10-05T19:39:00.000-07:002006-10-05T19:39:00.000-07:00I also feel very close to my agent, Nadia Cornier ...I also feel very close to my agent, Nadia Cornier from Firebrand Literary Agency. I met her at the Chick Lit party in New York and we hit it off right away. She's hysterically funny, she totally entertains me. I know people say it's a business partnership and that's all, but to me it's that and so much more. She's the angel who waved her magic wand and made me a published author. <BR/>~SimoneSimone Elkeleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307922920459102582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-1160000282867757702006-10-04T15:18:00.000-07:002006-10-04T15:18:00.000-07:00Fun post, Dona!Like Steph, I'm repped by Jenny B. ...Fun post, Dona!<BR/><BR/>Like Steph, I'm repped by Jenny B. and met her for the first time in Atlanta. Until two weeks before conference I was <B>dreading</B> meeting her. Though she'd repped me since the previous October, I hadn't sold yet and was terrified that she was going to drop me. I mean, I wasn't making her money, right?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thankfully we sold my YA just days earlier so I had like a huge weight lifted off me. Otherwise I probably would have passed out or forgotten the entire meeting.<BR/><BR/>The absolute best thing about the meeting was that, in person, she was everything I expected her to be after the emails/phone calls. It's like, you have this gut instinct about a person and that's why you put your career in their hands... so it's nice when you realize that instinct was dead on.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11356017077011774393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-1159919967506828132006-10-03T16:59:00.000-07:002006-10-03T16:59:00.000-07:00I'll be looking for reprensentation within the mon...I'll be looking for reprensentation within the month and I hope my experience is as good as yours.GeminiWisdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261851580583574204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-1159901145027853532006-10-03T11:45:00.001-07:002006-10-03T11:45:00.001-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Marley Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645678180669587782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-1159901128017222222006-10-03T11:45:00.000-07:002006-10-03T11:45:00.000-07:00Great story, Dona...hey, you should be a writer! :...Great story, Dona...hey, you should be a writer! ::giggle:: It really is great to meet that person that just GETS you and your writing. I have that with my fabuloso agent, Deidre Knight. We chatted via e-mail for a few months before she offered representation and then we met in Reno last year for the first time at the Chick Lit party. It was like we'd known each other forever. Such great chemistry. And eight months later, she got me my book deal. No complaints here!<BR/><BR/>I hope every writer can find the connection so many have discovered with their agents. It truly means the world when you can find that person who understands what you're doing with your plots, characters and stories.<BR/><BR/>Great post, Dona!<BR/><BR/>Marley = )Marley Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645678180669587782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-1159894030522674542006-10-03T09:47:00.000-07:002006-10-03T09:47:00.000-07:00What a fun story! It's funny how nervous we get o...What a fun story! It's funny how nervous we get over meeting people we have so much in common with - after all, we both love our book and want to sell it! :)Trish Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038324441006141430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-1159882702568589122006-10-03T06:38:00.000-07:002006-10-03T06:38:00.000-07:00Wonderful blog, Dona!I had been talking via phone/...Wonderful blog, Dona!<BR/><BR/>I had been talking via phone/e-mail with my agent, Nadia Cornier, for 9 months prior to meeting her, and I was nervous about The Big Meet, too. <BR/><BR/>We’d planned lunch for the second day of the to Reno RWA conference. But within minutes of arriving that first night, as I stood chatting with a friend, I felt a woman’s eyes on me. I glanced at her and she looked familiar. I thought I’d probably met her at another event, and when a natural break came in my conversation, I turned and smiled and said, “I know you, right?”<BR/> <BR/>She laughed and said something like, “You’d better, I’m your agent.” <BR/><BR/>Then we hugged and laughed. Of course, I had seen her picture on her blog and agency website, but my mental image of her had her at about 5’0”. She’s much taller, maybe 5’7" or 5’8". I told her that and she said that was a common misconception, probably due to the gymnast, Nadia Comaneci. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, we spontaneously went to dinner and swapped kid pics and ex-boyfriend stories, and, well, have been pretty much living happily-ever-after...TinaFerrarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14356148823775352938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-1159844434618348102006-10-02T20:00:00.000-07:002006-10-02T20:00:00.000-07:00Dona~That was a great post! I was so nervous last ...Dona~<BR/>That was a great post! I was so nervous last summer when I had my first face to face meeting with my agent, Jenny Bent. I'd put her up on this uber-pedestal for years. It made for a nerve-wracking first meeting. She greeted me with a huge hug and all the fear I'd had melted away. As we talked I remembered that she was still uber-agent Jenny Bent, but more importantly, she was a woman who had connected with me and my story. I'm also lucky to have her! <BR/>I hope you have fun this weekend, Dona! :)stephhalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836703686468306571noreply@blogger.com