Sentences with phrase «hear agents get»

We live in a world where any question can be answered by a smart phone and still I hear agents get confused about where to find answers.

Not exact matches

I said... Of course the agent didn't like to hear that because they get 10 percent of anything you get.

I heard that Alexis agents and Arsenal aren't even talking anymore as the relationship has gotten so bad.

I think his agent did some massive advertising using Arsenal to get his name out there, I doubt Wenger has ever heard of him for starters.

-- extra-spicy buffalo wings and getting love from a car salesman («We've got to get you in a new Beemer»), a real estate agent («I've got the perfect house for the new hero in town») and a barrage of rabid fans («We'll be the loud ones you hear when you walk through the tunnel»), the grateful quarterback looked ready to suit up.

but his agent is doing what he is getting paid to do which is telling him to wait and hear from other teams.

It certainly would have helped if Matt Ryan got his contract done sooner to free up some more money for a quality free agent or two and not some never heard ofs before.

When Guadagnino (I Am Love, A Bigger Splash) first heard of Chalamet — from agent Brian Swardstrom — the filmmaker had already spent seven years trying to get an adaptation off the ground.

Stop me if you've heard this one before: a gruff CIA agent who suffers from PTSD and sees re-animated corpses at random moments is ordered to travel to the UK and hire Stanley Kubrick to film a fake moon landing that the American government can use in case the Apollo 11 mission turns out to be a tragic failure, only the agent (who is played by Ron Perlman, by the way) ends up giving a suitcase full of cash to a failed band manager and his perpetually stoned friend who looks a little bit like Stanley Kubrick, and those two idiots get robbed by the local mafia thugs right before Agent Ron Perlman realizes his mistake and threatens to kill everyone involved — and THEN the idiotic band manager (who is played by Rupert Grint, by the way) proposes that they all head off to film the fake moon landing with the help of a artistic hippie commune run by an egotistical dolt who can't understand why he can't put giant jellyfish on the moon.

Good vs. Bad Communicators: A small number of agents offer representation via email but don't offer to get on the phone for a meet - and - greet... and / or you never hear from them after that until if / when they sell your book.

It is so easy to finally get up one's courage to send out a query letter to an agent or a publisher, hear nothing back, and assume there's no chance to get published.

Sometimes we'll hear talk about how agents or publishers make writers jump through hoops to get their attention.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareEvery time I consider purging Writer Beware's files to get rid of documentation on agents and others we haven't heard anything about in years and years, I'm reminded of why I hold onto that old paper.Last Fri... -LSB-...]

If you've sold somewhere between 3,000 - 6,000 and got the book reviewed in places an agent might have heard of, I start to worry about whether a traditional publisher can really offer you anything.

That means you'll likely hear nothing for weeks, months, or years before you get an agent — IF you get an agent.

As someone who works with literary agents day in day out, I get to hear the behind - the - scenes reasons why agents reject manuscripts.

Apply for agents and publishers, submit constantly, weather rejection well, wait six months to hear back, finally get a book deal and wait another year for the book to appear in print.

In the spirit of getting excited when we hear these two words — agents and query — I've compiled my favourite advice.

So those screams in the canyons of New York, the ones from the publishers, get heard by the people who are actually taking a bath because of these new policies — the writers (and their agents).

When I hear some agent or editor or traditional writer tell a new writer «Oh, you should self - publish that,» I get worried for newer writers.

Their reasons for attending include getting concrete advice from professional writers, editors, and agents; picking up useful tips for revising and polishing their work; hearing what different kinds of editors are looking for; meeting one - on - one with literary agents; and / or honing their skills in inspiring small - group breakout sessions.

However, I love helping authors get published — and have a long track record of doing just that — and I'd love to hear from you, whether you're looking for an agent or just... Read More

If you have a question about how I can help you get an agent or publisher, or if you need a sounding board for a book idea, I would love to hear from you.

I've heard so many agents and editors lament that the novels they get are too similar to what is already out there.

You keep hearing all this buzz about self - publishing, but you've always imagined going the other route, getting an agent, landing a publishing contract, having that book hit store shelves.

And then I remembered, I had an agent, a great agent, I wrote great books (so all the rejecting editors told me) and yes, you are right, self pub has given my stories a voice and an ear and the chance to be read, when they otherwise would have still been gathering dust on my hard drive, yet, on the other hand this is hard, REALLY HARD, it is SO hard to find your way to a readership as a SP, with limited funds (dwindling)... and the glimmer of trad pub — with their power to splash your name around established circles of readers, and their ability to secure a great number of reviews where, as a self pub, doors have been slammed in my face — becomes temptingly shiny again, (it's like childbirth, you forget all the painful stuff with time)... and it all gets very tempting... almost tempting enough to consider sacrificing one work JUST one artistic premise for the trade off of visibility... and then perhaps, just perhaps THEN, my SP efforts will finally sprout wings... but then I hear you and other say, it wasn't worth it, you'd never do it again, and I sigh... And then I wake up the next morning and think of packing it all in, and going to work for Walmart and steady shitty pay... lol And then along comes this blog post.

I like that you say that self - publishing has brought you a lot of fulfillment and it makes you feel good, because I think for a lot of people it is not quite as appealing and it seems kind of like that last stop, whereas the event that both Richard and I was at last night with Christine, a lot of what I heard made me feel like self publishing is an empowering option for a lot of people and it doesn't need to be looked at like a last stop if you're not able to get an agent or a traditional publisher.

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We hear it all the time from our clients, «my agent was mad because we didn't use an inspector on their list» or, «they got mad when they learned who you were».

The next day i got an email that the card will be delivered to me within three working days and to my greatest surprise, on the 24th in the Morning i was about going out when i heard a knock on the door and behold was the shipping company agent with a parcel which he came to deliver to me.

Depending on the agent you're speaking with, you may need to outright request to speak with Membership Consulting Services because you do need to get transferred in order to hear the various options.

Depending on the agent you're speaking with, you may need to outright request to speak with a retention specialist, because you do need to get transferred in order to hear the various options.

Our guides have a few horror stories from what they call «checkbox tourists» — those who have heard it's really cool to come to the Galapagos, and are here to check it off the list — who had the trip booked through a travel agent or other third party, showed up without learning what they were getting in to, and would even ask the guides to stop giving them so much interpretive information, because they just didn't care what that bird was, or how many eggs another animal typically lays.

Governor Blagojevich has been arrested in the middle of what we can only describe as a political corruption crime spree... Blagojevich and others were working feverishly to get as much money from contractors, shaking them down, pay to play, before the end of the year... At the end of the day, the conduct we have before us is appalling... His press - conference sidekick, the FBI's Rob Grant, was almost as good: If it isn't the most corrupt state in the United States, it's certainly one hell of a competitor... the FBI agents that participated in this wiretap investigation, were thoroughly disgusted and revolted by what they heard, and I think even the most cynical agents in our office were shocked...

You may have heard about universal life from an agent, advisor or a buddy of yours who just got a job with a big life insurance company.

I have heard cases where agents have hidden information just to get the policy issued.

So, as it should be, you would get a call from only one agent who would review your information with you and provide quotes and an opportunity to apply if you liked what you heard.

I told them that I have never heard of that before and I just got off the phone with USAA, State Farm, and All State and none of them required my SSN until I have decided which insurance agent I was going to use.

How often have we heard about accountants and bookkeepers who demonstrate CRA incompetence every tax season by sending in 10 income tax returns that are exactly the same to 10 different CRA agents, and get 10 different responses?

«I've heard about brokers who turned off an agent's email immediately after getting the news, or who deleted databases or reacted in other extreme ways.»

I have heard this issue debated six ways from Sunday and I know all about the incentive for diligent work this provides and I have heard all the arguments about how this gets good agents to come forward.

Those with degrees are considered experts in a field... or at least more knowledgeable than a novice... We need to get in line with the public's perceptions and offer up degrees in real estate and (as I believe you have indicated) we need to offer these degrees through accredited universities that the public have heard of and acknowledge... most people have no idea who OREA is and the public have little regard for OREA but they do know the University of Western Ontario, U of T, Laurier, Brock, etc... we need to use the reputation of these universities to elevate the status of agents... RECO needs to oversee these universities but let the universities do what they are good at... teach aspiring professionals.

Agreed they just open you up to law suits, I heard one story where an agent was getting sued for $ 800,000 because he ticked off that the house had not been used for a grow op.

I would like to hear from other agents who are still looking or have just recently got their first listing.

When things get bumpy, look to your agent for advice or even to simply hear someone say that everything is going to be OK.

As a long time member of a local board BP hearing and investigation panel I have found there are three distinct things that get Agents into trouble.

I've heard about agents who, out of fear of getting into trouble, refuse to act for an open house visitor / buyer prospect for their own listing.

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We hear from many agents that it takes a lot of time, there are too many platforms to consider, and it's next to impossible to get the reviews you need on all of them.

Hearing what has happened to other agents and how they got out of a dangerous situation offers invaluable insight.