Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Congrats! Keep proving 'em wrong.

My New Year's resolution is to stop following 90% of the agents I follow on twitter. Today's tweets were mainly geared toward displeasure with getting back to work, picking apart people who resolved to 'get' an agent this year (we shouldn't assume that we'll get one; we should resolve to make a bett...

My New Year's resolution is to stop following 90% of the agents I follow on twitter. Today's tweets were mainly geared toward displeasure with getting back to work, picking apart people who resolved to 'get' an agent this year (we shouldn't assume that we'll get one; we should resolve to make a bett...

100% correct. There are a lot of misconceptions about copyright, even amongst lawyers themselves.

I clicked on your links...really impressive.

This is where the internet may have hurt writers. I've read several agent bios that say something to the effect of, 'Agent X is particularly interested in representing authors who have established a significant web presence through a blog or social media.' In other words, your product is of much mor...

Guardian, I agree with you. The problem is that agents are in the business, first and foremost, to make money. And, in this guy's opinion, these stories don't make money. Most of my rejections have mentioned 'lack of a market' or 'we don't feel your work is marketable at this time.' No one has ever ...

I happen to agree, Nathan. But as a first-time author, it hits you like a ton of bricks when you realize that this already difficult process of finding an agent is going to made even more difficult by some of the personalities present in the profession. I may come off as obnoxious myself, but in rea...

To each his own :)

I read this blog almost every day, and one thing that Mr. Bransford posted today really caught my eye: "Speaking of social networking, How Publishing Really Works responded with quite justified irritation and umbrage at a recent interview that was dismissive of the time some agents spend bloggi...