In the past few weeks I've had a whirlwind of very-new-for-me activity. Two separate individuals have contacted me about optioning my work (one for a short, one for a feature) and someone else has wanted to hire me for a writing assignment. Literally all this within two weeks.
For the feature I scurried around and bugged some lawyers and an agent I knew. Turned out it was stuff I could handle myself so far but the agent agreed to negotiate on my behalf.
So from your experience should I just handle this writing assignment thing on my own, too? Or go ahead and bug the agent again?
Along with this: how do I use this flurry of activity/buzz to my advantage? I'm officially unrepresented, though this agent has agreed to help out. (What I probably need is a LA-based manager...)
Do I query managers and mention this flurry of activity? Do I blog about it? (I sort of hate to tell too many people just the way it's always bad to tell people if you get a read-- regular civilians get all excited when in reality it's just another step up the ladder...) Advice?
Thanks
For the feature I scurried around and bugged some lawyers and an agent I knew. Turned out it was stuff I could handle myself so far but the agent agreed to negotiate on my behalf.
So from your experience should I just handle this writing assignment thing on my own, too? Or go ahead and bug the agent again?
Along with this: how do I use this flurry of activity/buzz to my advantage? I'm officially unrepresented, though this agent has agreed to help out. (What I probably need is a LA-based manager...)
Do I query managers and mention this flurry of activity? Do I blog about it? (I sort of hate to tell too many people just the way it's always bad to tell people if you get a read-- regular civilians get all excited when in reality it's just another step up the ladder...) Advice?
Thanks
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