tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post465956195204782297..comments2024-03-29T04:50:09.205-05:00Comments on Agent in the Middle: Your Thoughts on the Author who Faked her bio/J.T.LeroyRavenous Romancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11671397588069818557noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-25130052816139308972013-03-29T12:16:56.817-05:002013-03-29T12:16:56.817-05:00twenty-one is also secondo deposito, riceverete di...twenty-one is also secondo deposito, riceverete di nuovo un correspond bonus del 100%, con un tetto massimo di $488. 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That they vouched for her made it seem real.Ravenous Romancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11671397588069818557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-57755479500969030802007-06-22T09:56:00.000-05:002007-06-22T09:56:00.000-05:00I was wondering the same thing Lori, because I fou...I was wondering the same thing Lori, because I found it fairly surprising that her publisher didn't. *shakes head* If you go to such lengths to put on an alternate face - you really are trying to trick people.<BR/><BR/>It's mildly annoying for those of us who are being honest and trying to sell our works on their merit alone and not "who we are" that publishers (and the public) eat this stuff up. I suppose I feel like in a way they got what they deserved by being duped.<BR/><BR/>*laughs* But that's me rambling this morning.WandererInGrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379510416686650094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-20498617488287804112007-06-22T09:50:00.000-05:002007-06-22T09:50:00.000-05:00Lori,Do agents check out/confirm a writer's creden...Lori,<BR/><BR/>Do agents check out/confirm a writer's credentials/background? I guess this is more important in non-fiction, but maybe not. <BR/><BR/>Are there instances where a writer claimed to have a Nobel prize in physics and a Ph. D from Harvard when in fact they're a high school drop-out pig farmer from Podunk, Idaho? <BR/><BR/>Other than googling to verify publishing credits, how much digging does an agent actually do when considering a client, especially post James Frey?<BR/><BR/>JosephineJosephine Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952030380866201241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-24633032858133045402007-06-22T08:39:00.000-05:002007-06-22T08:39:00.000-05:00Such ruses as a publicity stunt would be fine... p...Such ruses as a publicity stunt would be fine... provided your publisher and agent know! <BR/><BR/>And if they don't?<BR/><BR/>Then you're just a damn liar.<BR/><BR/>In this case, I'm guessing the book wouldn't have sold nor sold well if it had been written by the real author, eh?Heather Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04186324266078999666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-4689662311030059202007-06-22T05:48:00.000-05:002007-06-22T05:48:00.000-05:00I was wondering how she got an agent without this ...I was wondering how she got an agent without this person being aware she was not a young boy. Do agents chose to represent manuscripts without meeting the author? <BR/><BR/>I also think misrepresenting memoirs is more common than people know. I heard an author read once from his memoir and he was happy to point out to us the parts that weren't true. An argument ensued about the ethics of this. He was astonished that anyone would be bothered by his "fudging" of the truth especially since he was honest about it. <BR/><BR/> The argument then drifted into false memories, faulty memory, and when two people remember the exact same event differently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-38111060115670103092007-06-21T21:45:00.000-05:002007-06-21T21:45:00.000-05:00I would never represent an author who put on such ...I would never represent an author who put on such a ruse, so what I'm wondering is is did her agent know?Ravenous Romancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11671397588069818557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-65318128970276485432007-06-21T20:52:00.000-05:002007-06-21T20:52:00.000-05:00Writing under a pen name is acceptable, even expec...Writing under a pen name is acceptable, even expected, but lying to your publisher and the people who bought the movie rights to your book about your age, gender and ahem, occupation, when all three are an integral part of the marketing for said book and movie???<BR/><BR/>That's like marrying a guy who thinks you're a gay, twenty year old man, when you're really a 41 year old housewife with two kids, a balding husband and a morgage to pay off... otherwise known as FRAUD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-8853640365668936382007-06-21T17:38:00.000-05:002007-06-21T17:38:00.000-05:00Pen names that protect are one thing. Joe Klein mi...Pen names that protect are one thing. <BR/><BR/>Joe Klein might've sold more books if he'd marketed himself as the insider he was. George Sand probably wouldn't have been taken seriously if she put Baroness Amandine Aurore-Lucie Dupin Dedevant on the cover.<BR/><BR/>Pen names are a fine way to hide an author's output, too. Stephen King and Dean Koontz both used pen names to keep from glutting the market. Joyce Carol Oates writes mysteries as Lauren Kelly. No harm, no foul.<BR/><BR/>What gives me the creeps about JT Leroy/Albert is that she invented a whole persona explicitly to give her work a ring of authenticity. It's the sort of thing you'd expect from a get-rich-quick real estate huckster.<BR/><BR/>Albert wrote well. She should have kept it at that...Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-33646650305962361952007-06-21T14:11:00.000-05:002007-06-21T14:11:00.000-05:00Didn't want to trick anyone ... What a patently ab...Didn't want to trick anyone ... What a patently absurd statement! Ms. Albert undoubtedly knew what James Frey learned, which is that "memoirs" are more marketable these days than novels. I'm sure the folks who are suing her will say this is also true of movies. Unfortunately, the personality of the author is of great interest to the consuming public these days; Ms. Albert traded on this in a monumental and grossly misleading way. The extent of her "identification" with her alter ego is irrelevant, both morally and, I assume, contractually. (When John Banville chose to write a name under a pseudonym, he didn't get his sister-in-law to prance around in a wig!) And aren't we tired of people blaming their bad behavior on their childhoods? Take some responsibility, people! Tirade over ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com