firing my agent
 

Without out getting into too much bitching - my partner and I decided to spread a rumor that we were going to fire our agent. We told our manager, two other writers and a friend who works in the mail room of a competing agency.

He called us less than 3 hours later, apologizing profusely and setting up meetings for us.

The kicker?

He asked if we wanted to write Bloodrayne 2

motherfucker:mad:

But he got us some other meetings - good ones, so we'll stick with him until someone better comes along.

writing is writing ..

worst case scenario - you come up with a supeior sequel ..

Nice move Rod! It's clear to me now how you ended up as the HDC Sole Survivor when you're busting out strategic moves like that in your day to day life.

I guess I missed the first part of the story though. Why did you want to fire him to begin with? Or did you never really want to and this whole thing was just an attempt to get him working harder for you?

Sounds like it was just a clever chess move.


For some reason, this reminded me of "Swimming with sharks".

I won't get into detail as anything on the internet can be sourced rather quickly, but we were unhappy with his level of commitment.

Since this move, he has set up several meetings for us and we're happy as Larry.

Just not going to work with Uwe Boll ever! Don't need his taint on my career:D

Other names to steer clear of:
Courtney Solomon (Dungeons and Dragons, An American Haunting)
Paul Anderson


They have perfected their own brand of alchemy, turning gold into shit.

Cut the guy some slack...Event Horizon was awesome, and Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat were both alot better than they could have been.

Look at Anderson's Mortal Kombat, then compare it to Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Case in point.

No, i dont want to or have to.

I never liked event horizon. Resident evil doesnt hold up to repeated viewings (and the commentary forever killed mila jovovich and michelle rodriguez for me... Airheads...)


And mortal kombat.... Well, comparing it to annihilation is like comparing a road apple to an over-full port-o-potty. one may siuck less than the other, but they are both shit.

That's a pretty clever move. Maybe I should try that on my agent who hasn't been answering my emails lately.

They love you when they think they'll lose you:)

Did you need him in the first place, even these days? Do leeching middlemen still hold all the hookups?

Yeah. It's a closed circle. No one will talk to you unless you're coming from and agent or manager (sometimes an entertainment lawyer.)

same thing with trying to get a book published

Trying to get a short story published is like being a sperm; there are a million of you trying like hell, and only one ever seesm to make it through.

Tell me about it. I decided I'd try to query small publishers, since my first novel had no success getting through to agents. Turns out about 90% of them are closed to submissions or (gasp) unsolicited submissions. So, I'm back to square one trying to find an agent. Thank God I wrote something more commercial this time, but I've got a feeling the industry's going to make me do a lot of walking anyway. In the agent's guides, the agencies always try and make themselves look like they're open and expansive, but I have a feeling its an act with half of them. Right now it looks to me like finding an agent's my only choice, and while I don't like it much, I know I have a book with commercial potential, so I don't want to self publish or gamble with small publishers whose sites and titles alike provide no info. I guess the Stones are right. "You've gotta face the news if you wanna sing the blues, and you know it don't come easy". Humble apologies for the long, belligerent rant.

Wasnt that the beatles? Ringo sang, i would bet on it.

trying to get an agent now......it's not easy, that's for sure. we have someone shopping our movie. i guess you could call him an agent of sorts but we need someone with insider contacts.