C: You can't tell me an agent in the field can last long against all those drones and satellites. M: Yes, you have information. You can find out all about a man, track him down, keep an eye on him. But you have to look him in the eye. All the tech you have can't help you with that. A license to kill…
— John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Jez Butterworth, M, Judi Dench, imdb.com
In order to make our agents stronger, we have to break them down to build them back up again. It’s the only way.
We don’t need more agents. We need better ones.
We can’t send agents into terrorist cells if they can’t survive a cocktail party.
— Justin Brenneman, Jake Coburn, Miranda Shaw, Aunjanue Ellis, imdb.com
I believe writers should be protected and that agents protect writers.
I'm still with my 1st agent, but from what I hear, some red flags with an agent are: 1. If they take more than a week to return a simple email, more than 6 weeks w edits 2. If you've been working on a book for over a year and still haven't gone on sub. 3. That sinking feeling...
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