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Brilliant_Rock
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- May 2, 2006
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This has been running in my head all of yesterday, and I''m not exactly sure how to handle this situation.
First off, both FI and I are aspiring writers. We both have completed novels that we are shopping around. I''ve put mine aside for a bit to work on a business I''m starting (but will be picking it up again in a couple weeks). I''ve gotten very close to getting representation, but haven''t yet. My FI''s full manuscript is out on an exclusive read at a big-name agency. He''s expecting to hear back within the next couple days *crosses fingers*.
This weekend, we went to his dad''s place for dinner. FI''s brother, wife, and kids were there. I chatted it up, and FI''s brother offered to hook me up with a read by one of his friends - a former literary agent who still has connections in the business.
But what I''m wondering is...why wouldn''t he have offered this opportunity to FI? The manuscript read at the big-name agency isn''t a shoe-in by any means, and FI could use this sort of opportunity as well as I could.
I haven''t mentioned this to FI yet (he wasn''t in the room at the time). Should I take this networking opportunity guilt-free or what? And I cringe to think that FI might be hurt that his brother didn''t offer to him first.
First off, both FI and I are aspiring writers. We both have completed novels that we are shopping around. I''ve put mine aside for a bit to work on a business I''m starting (but will be picking it up again in a couple weeks). I''ve gotten very close to getting representation, but haven''t yet. My FI''s full manuscript is out on an exclusive read at a big-name agency. He''s expecting to hear back within the next couple days *crosses fingers*.
This weekend, we went to his dad''s place for dinner. FI''s brother, wife, and kids were there. I chatted it up, and FI''s brother offered to hook me up with a read by one of his friends - a former literary agent who still has connections in the business.
But what I''m wondering is...why wouldn''t he have offered this opportunity to FI? The manuscript read at the big-name agency isn''t a shoe-in by any means, and FI could use this sort of opportunity as well as I could.
I haven''t mentioned this to FI yet (he wasn''t in the room at the time). Should I take this networking opportunity guilt-free or what? And I cringe to think that FI might be hurt that his brother didn''t offer to him first.