What frightened little bunnies we are that someone coming to a business office to do business is perceived as doing something kind of wild. He left peacefully of course, but what if he hadn't.? What if a book editor had to speak to the most desperate characters alive: aspiring authors! Jiminy Christmas can you imagine the awkwardness? The dust clinging to our skirts after such an encounter?
In one of my first years agenting, a man called everyone who rejected him and left such violent threats that the FBI got involved. This isn't about awkwardness, it's about safety. We put our requirements for pitching on our websites and we expect querying authors to follow them, end of story.
What frightened little bunnies we are that someone coming to a business office to do business is perceived as doing something kind of wild. He left peacefully of course, but what if he hadn't.? What if a book editor had to speak to the most desperate characters alive: aspiring authors! Jiminy Christmas can you imagine the awkwardness? The dust clinging to our skirts after such an encounter?
In one of my first years agenting, a man called everyone who rejected him and left such violent threats that the FBI got involved. This isn't about awkwardness, it's about safety. We put our requirements for pitching on our websites and we expect querying authors to follow them, end of story.