STATUS: Just another manic Monday. Can’t believe it’s 3 pm already.
What’s playing on the XM or iPod right now? BEMSHA SWING by Roy Haynes
Recently, I had something that has never happened to me before as an agent.
I had an editor ring up, out of the blue, to offer on a book that she had passed on 2 months previously. And she didn’t just offer for one book.
If the term “gaping fish” comes to mind, you won’t be far off in terms of how I looked when the call came in. I was so surprised that I think I even asked: “You’re calling to offer?” As if she were pulling my leg.
All my agent friends want to know how I made this happen.
I replied: “Uh, I answered the phone when it rang.”
And of course, the one thing everyone else wants to know is this: Why did the editor change her mind?
Tune in tomorrow…


