Showing posts with label authors behaving badly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label authors behaving badly. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

BookEnds Literary Agency: New Ways to Annoy Agents

BookEnds Literary Agency: New Ways to Annoy Agents: Maybe I was just in a bad mood, but I recently received a request that set my teeth on edge. I mean this really irritated me. Not too long...


Not just agents. I get about twenty of these as week. Why somebody thinks I will do this sort of thing I have no idea.

Second worst offender is LinkedIn where folks want to link with me and then spam me about their book. Often they have done zero research about what I read/review and therefore their spam is even more worthless. I have never once accepted a book for review purposes through LinkedIn.

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How to Guarantee Rejection: Top 10 Ways Writers S...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How to Guarantee Rejection: Top 10 Ways Writers S...: by Anne R. Allen H aving a popular blog has helped me feel a lot of empathy with agents and publishers. That's because Ruth and I get...

Numbers #5, 4, and 3 are especially true here regarding book reviews.