The Murverse Mothership

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• Mur comes to you live from the Double Tree Hotel bar in Dearborn, Michigan as she flies solo this episode for a special sitdown with her agent, Jen Udden! It’s “Drinks With An Agent!”
• Mur hits Jen with a listener question about how your suddenly defunct publisher’s reputation “taints” your work moving forward as you try to find a new publisher.
• Jen talks about the different situations to which this problem applies, and how to proceed accordingly.
• Jen also talks about how an agent perceives/handles this particular situation.
• Mur and Jen discuss leveraging offers from small press when querying agents, and an agent’s value in the negotiating process.
• Generous margarita pours and Mur’s reaction to them.
• The common writerly problem of falling in love with ideas and staying in love with those ideas even when they don’t sell, and how to stay flexible.
• Mutual author/agent respect and appropriate affection is demonstrated.
• Knowing what your goals are, and living at home to achieve them.
• Jen talks about her podcast, Shipping and Handling, and lets everyone know she is open to submissions!
• Mur misses Matt. She says so.
• Jen on Twitter
• Shipping and Handling Podcast
• Jen’s Submission Guidelines

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