Thrown against the wall

Nathan Bransford has a great post about 'spaghetti' agents on his blog.

The kind of agents who take on a lot of clients and throw manuscripts out there to publishers hoping some will stick.

If you're a writer on the hunt for an agent or hope to be some day, please read.

Agent blogs

Think I've mentioned before, if you're interested in finding an agent, GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS is a great blog to follow. Today, they list their choices for Best Agent blogs 2010. Check it out (the sidebar has fabulous links to loads of agent blogs too.)

From assistant to agent

Here's the story how my fab agent, Suzie Townsend, went from assistant at FinePrint Literary Management to full time agent. I still don't know how she manages to do all her work and sleep...

Pearls of wisdom

Nathan Bransford always has pearls of wisdom for writer-folk.

Loved this one yesterday on Goals and Obstacles in preparation for NaNoWriMo.

*ROB campaign update

-Weight lost this week: 0kg (considering it has been a BIG birthday week with cake, cake and more cake, guess I should be thankful I didn't put on!)
-Exercise: zumba
-Overall results: 2kg lost, tummy much flatter. Should've taken inches measurement before I started...

Agent expectations

Rachelle Gardner has a link to a great series of blog posts by Wendy Lawton, an agent at Books & Such, about agents and expectations of themselves and writers.

Really worth a look here.