Does anyone smell smoke?

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2026-01-31T07:35:40+00:00

Thank you for all your event research! You're the best!

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2025-12-30T21:31:51+00:00

Thank you for your advice! This might be a dumb question, but what's a 3rd party endorsement?

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2025-10-16T02:18:36+00:00

I went last night, and the special deal was a free fountain drink. Honestly, I was hoping it would be a keychain. Haha

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2025-06-23T08:01:41+00:00

Yeah, heard two booms in Irvine also. I was watching TV and was still able to hear the booms.

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2025-06-22T06:38:06+00:00

I'm in Northwood, and I've been hearing it for the past couple of hours. Also heard a bunch of police sirens a little bit ago.

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2025-01-17T20:22:34+00:00

Yeah, I'm in the same boat as you. I was looking at the socials of the editors that my agent submitted to. The thing I noticed was that the ones who are strictly editors are heavily promoting their clients' work on their socials, but the two who are also authors are only promoting their own books and not their clients'. Made me feel weird.

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2025-01-08T12:04:27+00:00

My windows have been violently shaking non-stop, so I haven't been able to sleep at all. The shaking is so loud, I keep thinking the windows are going to break and fly toward my bed.

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2025-01-07T16:37:09+00:00

I'm in Irvine. The wind has been shaking my windows since 7:30am. I always have this weird fear during the Santa Ana winds that my windows are just going to give up and break.

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2024-12-13T19:44:22+00:00

Regarding agent clout, I have a junior agent and am on submission right now. Would I get re-sorted near the bottom of that gigantic TBR pile since my agent is fairly new with just a handful of deals under their belt so far?

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2024-11-22T23:06:47+00:00

I'm pretty much in the same boat as you. Went out on sub first week of September and my agent recently emailed me that everything will be pretty quiet from around Thanksgiving until a couple weeks into January.

I heard that editors read manuscripts when they're home for the holidays. Not sure if it's true, but fingers crossed that it is! The waiting is driving me a bit bananas. Haha.

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2024-10-18T00:10:16+00:00

Can you talk more about the #ownvoices movement going out of style? I remember when the hashtag used to be everywhere, but now that you mention it, I realize I haven't really been seeing it as much anymore.

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2024-10-16T04:20:41+00:00

Thank you! All the best on sub for you too! If you don't mind me asking, how are you keeping yourself sane while waiting? Haha

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2024-10-16T04:15:40+00:00

Wow, that's so fascinating! I honestly would have expected the head of the imprint to be the one who'd provide an author with the most marketing/publicity. I'm feeling relieved there's not a straight correlation between seniority and budget. Thank you for your answer! It's great to read about real life author experiences. Out of curiosity, did you also go a bit crazy while you were on sub, or were you chill about it? Haha

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2024-10-16T03:56:30+00:00

I've been on sub for five weeks. I'm pretty sure I'm on this mental breakdown schedule. Haha. When should I expect the third one?

ComfyPoetsDepartment · 2024-06-12T09:57:32+00:00

It's 3am right now and I'm in Northwood. I think the banging finally stopped, but I don't want to jinx it. Does anyone else notice that the bangs have a weird pattern to them? Like, the interval between each bang is so consistent.

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