She eventually
landed an agent who submitted her book to over a dozen publishers, they all rejected it for the same reason, so the book of her dreams landed in a drawer and Darcie got on with her life.
Not exact matches
It would also weed out guys like McPhee
who probably won't be on the team in 3 months and would probably include several higher profile free
agents that I suspect Pace is going after (and hopefully
lands).
@mohawk It's more like the
agents are playing on the gullibility of the social media sheep (media outlets included) by creating interest in their players,
who have all happened to
land somewhere for hefty enough price tags and fees... AFC has been «
agent bait» for the longest.
2) the gate
agent who when we checked in our baggage kept insisting «but you know that during takeoff and
landing you have to hold her in your arms, she can't be in the carseat then».
He has effectively run action on the Senate floor in the health - related absence of Deputy Majority Leader Thomas Libous (R - Binghamton),
who has been indicted on charges that he lied to federal
agents in an alleged scheme to
land a job for his son.
An undercover DEA
agent bought 700 pills in September and October from the Jakackis,
who leased a $ 100,000
Land Rover and a $ 45,000 Porsche, prosecutors said in Manhattan federal court.
Some are scientists, but most are people with some connection to the
land: extension
agents who work with farmers, and environmentalists representing organizations such as The Nature Conservancy.
They held meetings and interviews with with permit holders for the Umatilla, Wallowa - Whitman, and Malheur National Forests, where 70 percent of the
land is allocated to grazing allotments, and with the US Forest Service personnel
who manage the
land, as well as community representatives and university extension
agents.
Based on the same novel that led to Elie Chouraqui's Man on Fire (1987, starring Scott Glenn as the burnout
agent), Brian Helgeland's script takes a distinctly gringo view of this foreign
land, where the fragile but courageous white girl is victimized by scary locals
who range from the odious kidnappers (organized by someone known only as «The Voice» [Gustavo Sánchez Parra], aided by his weasely brother Aurelio [Gero Camilo]-RRB- to the corrupt cops, primarily, the visibly seamy Fuentes (Jesús Ochoa).
It starts with the abuse of Guantanamo Bay prisoners (they're forced to eat «cock sandwiches»), then it runs along with a dim - witted Homeland Security
agent Ron Fox (Rob Corddry)
who wipes his ass with the Bill of Rights and does every racist thing imaginable, and ultimately
lands on a ridiculous portrayal of President George W. Bush as a pot - smoking dumbass
who fears his father and the vice-president.
After
landing in a helicopter on the White House lawn with President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx), a spouter of fluff
who carries Lincoln's pocket watch as part of a banal fixation,
agent Hope (Jake Weber) says to Carol, «Do we have the best job in the world or what?»
Description: Donald Sutherland leads a team of top - level government
agents who make a chilling discovery: extraterrestrial beings have
landed and are quickly taking control of the residents of a small midwestern town — manipulating their bodies and minds like puppets!
Finally, in what feels like the smallest lead role, is optimistic ad sales
agent Mary (Drew Barrymore),
who is trying to make use of today's technologies to
land a man.
At this point, if you're a working actor
who hasn't
landed a role in one of these movies, it might be time to ask your
agent what's up.
The climax takes place on the grounds of a rundown play -
land inspired by the stories of the Brothers Grimm (where the truth of her origin is revealed), and her primary hunter is a CIA
agent named Marissa (Cate Blanchett),
who serves as both the wicked stepmother (There's little doubt that had things gone her way, Hanna would be working alongside her in covert operations) and the big, bad wolf (She appears, at one key moment, out of the maw of her archetypical inspiration).
In «Operation Avalanche,» Matt Johnson, left, and Owen Wilson portray CIA
agents who help NASA fake the Apollo 11 moon
landing.
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.
The principal character of the game is a special
agent P - 3,
who after an unsuccessful
landing on enterprise «3826» is trying to figure out what went wrong.
Osment plays «Alex Gardner» a failed actor and failing advertising
agent,
who is recruited by Gigi (Bosworth) to buy Fred's
land before he finds out it's polluted.
Almost every author
who lands an
agent and goes on to success was turned down by numerous
agents and publishing houses,
who didn't appreciate the work or didn't think it was commerically viable.
We can introduce you to
agents who specialize in your genre and
who will maximize your chance of
landing the best deal.
These are the liaisons
who sell manuscripts to major publishing houses, and the competition to
land an
agent is fierce.
If you're work isn't good enough to
land an
agent, or a deal on your own with a legitimate publisher (and for those
who have a problem with the word «legitimate,» The MWA criteria work for me — you can find them on their website), then your work is almost certainly not ready to be published.
However, if you keep sending those queries out, and your writing is terrific, one day your query will
land on the desk of some
agent / editor
who will say, «WOW!
Staying on the path is hard when you look at the people around you
who've only been writing for a year or two and they're
landing their dream
agents and / or making mad money.
After years and years of querying and jumping through gatekeeper hoops, it appears that even the less - than - 1 %
who are lucky enough to
land an
agent and a Big - 5 publishing contract can't manage to quit their day jobs.
You can fight years and never
land an
agent (
who is your key to the trad publishers) and even if you are able to obtain an
agent you may not have any of your books accepted by a publisher... ever.
Along with many other service providers, so - called «PR
agents» (read: snake oil salesmen) lifted thousands of dollars from clueless authors
who thought having a press release written for their book would
land them on the Today Show.
I know tons of great writers, like yourself,
who can't
land a publishing deal or an
agent for the life of them.
Obviously, there are some first time novelists
who are able to
land the
agent and get a publishing deal, but they're few and far between.
Two things to keep in mind: The number of authors going the traditional route is not reflected by those
who happen to
land an
agent and then go on to get published; their number includes those in the slush pile
who do not go on to self - publish.
«Not long after Mark helped me
land a top literary
agent, I got a call from my
agent letting me know that I had three different publishing offers from well - known publishers: Amacom, Palgrave Macmillan, and McGraw - Hill
who recently published my book in hardcover!
Find a bestselling idea, create a knock «em dead book proposal, craft a sure - fire cover letter, find the best (and surprising) places to meet
agents in person,
land a super
agent who is «not accepting new clients,» and negotiate with your
agent and publisher for a wonderful (and lucrative!)
So if you present yourself and your manuscript professionally, you have a good chance of
landing the serious attention of an
agent who might not have been as interested if your manuscript had been mailed in to his offices.
We'll make sure you get published, as our book
agents specialize in
landing deals from top publishers
who publish Christian Book Titles.
Prepare your manuscript to professional standards, gather a tribe of early readers
who will become your superfans, build a platform on the web, make sure your book
lands on the right virtual shelves, and be free to self - publish or get an
agent and a traditional publishing deal.
Most writers attend writers» conferences to make one vital connection with one
agent who will pitch their book to one mainstream publisher, and then, presto, wham, bang, bong magically
lands one of those long sought - after publishing contracts that will finally make their long - time - in - waiting manuscript into a published book.
Beware of predatory lenders: If you encounter lenders that try to seduce you with «special» zero - down home loans or real estate
agents who recommend rosy rent - to - own or
land contract agreements, run the other way.
Los Hermanos Bibbins, whom the Mestizo settlers erroneously regarded as the owners of the
land, were probably
agents of Welsh and Gough, two Belize City merchants
who were the actual owners at the time, having acquired title in 1842.
The principal character of the game is a special
agent P - 3,
who after an unsuccessful
landing on enterprise «3826» is trying to figure out what went wrong.
Self - avowed «P.R.
agent for the planet» Al Gore says those
who still doubt that global warming is caused by man — among them, Vice President Dick Cheney — are acting like the fringe groups
who think the 1969 moon
landing never really happened, or
who once believed the world is flat.»
Any person
who without the written permission of the landowner, the owner's
agent, or the person in lawful possession of the
land, willfully enters any
lands under cultivation or enclosed by fence, belonging to, or occupied by, another, or
who willfully enters upon uncultivated or unenclosed
lands where signs forbidding trespass are displayed at intervals not less than three to the mile along all exterior boundaries and at all roads and trails entering the
lands, is guilty of a public offense.
The key to
landing with the right company and policy is to talk to a seasoned
agent who is familiar with using permanent life insurance for personal banking.
Every
agent and broker
who holds a valid license as an automobile insurer can explain your options if the CT ARP is where you
land.
Another great source of information is a travel
agent,
who deals with individuals making trips to foreign
lands on a daily basis.
It has been a bit more than two years since Jim Obergefell, a former Coldwell Banker West Shell
agent in Cincinnati
who has since moved to Washington, D.C., won his landmark Supreme Court case, Obergefell v. Hodges, that made marriage equality the law of the
land.
We concentrate on credentials, topics, and courses that are of most interest to «resi - mercial» real estate
agents — in other words,
agents that focus primarily on residential real estate, but
who may also do some work in commercial and
land markets.
Pretoria East has become very popular for young and upcoming professionals and young families because of its excellent central position, and now that there is very little
land left to develop, property values are sure to rise, says IHPC estate
agent Almarie Joubert,
who is a resident specialist in this area.
(what does HOT mean and to
who)- «numerous upgrades» (does that mean 4 or 100)- «high end flooring» (does than mean $ 1 or $ 100 per sq ft)- «throughout» (does that mean in the closets and patio too)- «loads of cupboards» (I guess a transport is backing up right now)- «freshly painted» (does it smell nice)- «ready to move into» (i guess they got a mold test done before listing)- «Full bathrooms» (i guess you better hold it then)--» parking for 4 cars» (hondas or crown vics)-» mature neighbourhood» (is that old or does it mean no more vacant
land exists)- «fenced in» (I guess that means the
agent saw the permits and survey already)- «easy access to highways» (does this means it backs onto a major noisy four lane)- «tastefully updated» (I guess you can eat off the floors)- «sony 60» TV (glad to see the
agent agreeing to pay for repairs)- «single attached garage» (a member of ashley madison maybe)-» tree lined street» (glad to see the city has been contacted to verify no remediation)- «this really is a fabulous home» (wow assuming all that liability in one phrase)-» within walking distance» (one block for grannies or 2 miles for teens)- «country life in the city» (you can have chickens and plow the yard)-» great location» (I guess all their other listings have a poor one)- «brand new» (wow that means what exactly)
I propose the contraction «realturd», defined as, «A person, more commonly (and incorrectly) known as a real estate
agent,
who acts negligently as an
agent for the lease, sale or purchase of buildings and
land without duty and care to their clients, acting selfishly in their own interests.»