Nathan Bransford - The Forums

I'm a definite one-at-a-time kind of person.

I've heard people say that they hate writing but love having written. I wouldn't say I hate it, but I find it really difficult. I love having a finished work even though it's always really tough to get there.

My hardest lesson was slowing down.

Nathan, I'm looking for a good book to read from your client list. I'm eying Brad Geagley's YEAR OF THE HYENAS since I am interested in ancient Egypt, and the book looks good from all I've researched about it. I'm curious if there are any titles you've agented that are closer to Sci-Fi/Fantasy, tho...

Hey, thanks so much for the suggestions. I think the idea with the forums being self-contained is that people who are deep in the weeds in the forum will want a way to get back to the top of the forum so they can see all the master categories. Hence the typewriter going back there. There are still t...

If I can slide a similar question in, as an agent, how do you feel about WeBook.com? I noticed Colleen Lindsay is trying them out this month and I'm curious about your take on it. Is there any transparency for you as to who is "filtering" queries before you receive them? I can't imagine h...

I don't know about scam, but I also don't know if it's necessarily the future either. My impression of Authonomy is that it's cool if you want feedback and/or if you don't take it too seriously, but it also strikes me as thoroughly Machiavellian, and whatever rises to the top in Authonomy through re...

BransfordGroupie wrote:Nathan,

I have to ask. Where and how did this monkey fetish start?

I believe it all started when I got into a staring match with an orangutan at the San Diego Zoo and the orangutan won.

Hey everyone, if you have a question about the publishing process that isn't covered on the blog, here's the place to ask it. Please please please remember to first check the FAQS and please scan the thread to see if your question has already been answered Or do a search in the search box in the top...

jazzlovesnoodles wrote:really depends on the type of bear involved...

p.s. - if you click on the 'forums' link while already on forums (although why you would do this I don't know) you get a 404 error instead of the forums homepage thingy.

Thanks Jazz, we're working on that.

jjshannon wrote:The monkeys. And this monkey wonders if you'd considered "unjustifying" your blog entries ... you may delete this post - I'm helping you test the new forum because I'm ill this weekend.

Thanks! Hope you feel better. And pardon the dust as I get this whole forum thing figured out.

Who wins?