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davidbarnett
23 April 2009 @ 03:36 pm
 
Poll #1388668 Quiz for Writers
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When you send revisions on your manuscript to your agent on Monday and it gets to Thursday and you haven't heard back do you...

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Assume that he's been so blown away by the brilliance of your prose that he's sitting there staring glassy eyed into space?
1 (12.5%)

Assume he's dead?
1 (12.5%)

Assume that upon finishing reading your ms he immediately dashed off to London and has actually sold your book for a six figure sum but has not yet told you about it?
2 (25.0%)

Assume he hates it and doesn't know how to tell you?
0 (0.0%)

Assume that, as he's got forty-odd clients on his books, he might, y'know, be a bit busy and will get round to it?
4 (50.0%)

 
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sleazenation[info]notbbcnews24 on April 23rd, 2009 03:47 pm (UTC)
F) assume he's drunk, possibly in a gutter somewhere...
davidbarnett[info]davidbarnett on April 23rd, 2009 04:18 pm (UTC)
The man's a professional!

Which means it could be a good answer.
suzanne mcleod[info]suzannemcleod on April 23rd, 2009 04:04 pm (UTC)
Sorry we managed to miss meeting each other for real at Eastercon ... next time :-)
davidbarnett[info]davidbarnett on April 23rd, 2009 04:18 pm (UTC)
And you!

In case anyone's wondering whether I'm being rather po-faced, this is, of course, somewhat in jest, as my agent will understand...
Nina[info]janinazew on April 23rd, 2009 06:14 pm (UTC)
Okay, the 3 people who voted for the sensible answer need to confess.