KennedyKiller

hehe how you doing?

Cheers, I made it ages ago from some RE5 trailer videos etc.
There is a thread here with loads of GIF's Im only a nooby at making em' trust me.

Might take awhile to load. Cant use Spoiler tags for Visitor Messages :[
KABOOOMZEEY!! >8D DIE MAJINI!! BURN!!

No worries and thanks! Have a good one!

Very welcome! In terms of my agent, it started online. Turns out there aren't too many in Canada, so it's not like it is in the US. It's actually harder here. Just do online searches for Literary Agencies in your area - then broaden the area if you don't find anything.

For example: http://www.ebookcrossroads.com/agents.html Has a detailed list of Literary Agencies and a pretty good FAQ from what I've seen.

It all does. After all, if someone makes a movie and bases it off a poem you wrote, or even includes the poem in it - you are entitled to royalties. That and there could be the possibility that you might publish a fiction story or novel, in which case, the publisher might be interested in that - and simply accept your book of poems because they might see a future there. In any case - if you can find an agent, it's a great idea since they will help you find the kind of deal that suits you.

Yeah, the basics are things like merchandizing, translations, spin offs, movie rights and royalties associated with any of the above.

Very much so. And I get final say if I accept a deal.

There are some other things that are fairly standard, like advertising control and rights ownership issues - but a lot of this stuff is already worked out with my Agent, who does the negotiating for me. Publishers might have clauses that keep me from using the characters in the published stories without it being exclusive to them, for example - even if they don't intend to ever publish me again. There's a lot of control clauses over the copyright. My agent fights to save as much of the control for me as they can and I've been pretty lucky so far.

Yes and no. Basically When I write something, I approach my agent. My Agent then takes my manuscript and shops it around to publishers. Then we work out a deal, like $10000 for the first book, on the condition I write 1 more. In other words, they pay me up front for two books, but I only gave them 1, so now I owe them another by a set date. If I don't honor that, then I have to pay them back the $10000. This is called a book deal.

My contract will only cover whatever number of books we agreed to in the book deal, then after that I'm a free agent again. Sure, I can go to the same publisher again, but it's always best to let my Agent shop it around for the best deal. After all, I could be offered $20000 to do 6 books in 10 months (ouch!) with one publisher, or $15000 for 3 books over 18 months, by another. The second deal might pay less, but I get the money up front in any case and if I finish early, I can just start writing again. If I didn't finish all of the books, for any reason - then I would have to pay the money back and would have basically done all that work for nothing.

No, my current contract is only for published works so far. Technically I've completed my contractual obligation and I've not yet been offered a new one. Everything I write right now is mine to use as I see fit. Just means that no one is ready to pay for it. LOL

I'm probably going to go with a different publisher, since this is a bit different from what I've written before and horror is harder to sell.

Only if my contract included this one. It doesn't though.

Yes and no. Writing fanfictions have no connection with my professional life. Since fanficitons don't involve my agent, or my publisher; neither of them - or my contract - have relevance in this case, but I do see what you mean, and yes. There is a certain irony there.

Well fanfictions have no contracts and no money involved. It's fair game to pass it out.

Yes, certainly. I'm published in North America as a whole. Also, I did update a fanfic post I made that at least points out my style.

Yeah, makes it a bit of a pain for me too - but at least it keeps me safe from any legality issues that could pop up. Hope you do find stuff by me out there!

That counts. Sorry, I have to stay completely anonymous.

Yes, books that I've written can be purchased in stores or online.

Unfortunately my contract means that everything I do online is separate from my novelist life. Any kind of 'advertisement' about my work has to be ok'd by my publisher and my agent, so to avoid that, I only describe what kinds of work I do, without giving specifics. Basically it protects me from unfair use of anything I say online. Sorry to disappoint you!

Awesome! Great to hear and I wish you the best of luck in getting your book published and your novel completed!