Editor: Whatcha got?
Agent: New YA series. The first two books are intricate worldbuilding with a complex characters and an interesting setting.
Editor: *yawns*
Agent: But the third book is nothing except how the characters want to fuck.
Editor: *eyes widen* Go on.
Agent: New YA series. The first two books are intricate worldbuilding with a complex characters and an interesting setting.
Editor: *yawns*
Agent: But the third book is nothing except how the characters want to fuck.
Editor: *eyes widen* Go on.
January 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Editor: Whatcha got?
Agent: New YA series. The first two books are intricate worldbuilding with a complex characters and an interesting setting.
Editor: *yawns*
Agent: But the third book is nothing except how the characters want to fuck.
Editor: *eyes widen* Go on.
Agent: New YA series. The first two books are intricate worldbuilding with a complex characters and an interesting setting.
Editor: *yawns*
Agent: But the third book is nothing except how the characters want to fuck.
Editor: *eyes widen* Go on.
ME: *holds up two pages of questions double-spaced*
AGENT: *starts laughing*
EDITOR: Maybe just email those?
ME: Will do!
AGENT: *starts laughing*
EDITOR: Maybe just email those?
ME: Will do!
April 25, 2026 at 8:30 PM
ME: *holds up two pages of questions double-spaced*
AGENT: *starts laughing*
EDITOR: Maybe just email those?
ME: Will do!
AGENT: *starts laughing*
EDITOR: Maybe just email those?
ME: Will do!
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Agent: And the best part about the series finale?
Editor: *gasping* What?
Agent: All of those dozens and dozens of horny characters?
Editor: WHAT?????
Agent: They're now COLOR-CODED so every paragraph is nothing but HORNY COLORS FUCKING
Editor: *literally dies*
Editor: *gasping* What?
Agent: All of those dozens and dozens of horny characters?
Editor: WHAT?????
Agent: They're now COLOR-CODED so every paragraph is nothing but HORNY COLORS FUCKING
Editor: *literally dies*
January 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Agent: And the best part about the series finale?
Editor: *gasping* What?
Agent: All of those dozens and dozens of horny characters?
Editor: WHAT?????
Agent: They're now COLOR-CODED so every paragraph is nothing but HORNY COLORS FUCKING
Editor: *literally dies*
Editor: *gasping* What?
Agent: All of those dozens and dozens of horny characters?
Editor: WHAT?????
Agent: They're now COLOR-CODED so every paragraph is nothing but HORNY COLORS FUCKING
Editor: *literally dies*
If my agent or editor is reading this, I'm working very hard
October 2, 2024 at 4:29 PM
If my agent or editor is reading this, I'm working very hard
Agent: But in book four, there's an orgy!
Editor: *sitting up* Oh I don't know if—
Agent: A citywide orgy brought on by magical events!
Editor: *eyebrows raised* That's not—
Agent: In which each character gets it on...BUT ONLY WITH THEIR ONE TRUE LOVE
Editor: *blacks out*
Editor: *sitting up* Oh I don't know if—
Agent: A citywide orgy brought on by magical events!
Editor: *eyebrows raised* That's not—
Agent: In which each character gets it on...BUT ONLY WITH THEIR ONE TRUE LOVE
Editor: *blacks out*
January 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Agent: But in book four, there's an orgy!
Editor: *sitting up* Oh I don't know if—
Agent: A citywide orgy brought on by magical events!
Editor: *eyebrows raised* That's not—
Agent: In which each character gets it on...BUT ONLY WITH THEIR ONE TRUE LOVE
Editor: *blacks out*
Editor: *sitting up* Oh I don't know if—
Agent: A citywide orgy brought on by magical events!
Editor: *eyebrows raised* That's not—
Agent: In which each character gets it on...BUT ONLY WITH THEIR ONE TRUE LOVE
Editor: *blacks out*
Agent: Everyone's horny all the time but, and here's the thing, ONLY HORNY FOR THEIR ONE TRUE LOVE
Editor: *salivates* Then they fuck?
Agent: No! But the plot needs them to kiss. A lot.
Editor: *strings of drool* And does that plot move the series forward?
Agent: NO!
Editor: *lies down*
Editor: *salivates* Then they fuck?
Agent: No! But the plot needs them to kiss. A lot.
Editor: *strings of drool* And does that plot move the series forward?
Agent: NO!
Editor: *lies down*
January 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Agent: Everyone's horny all the time but, and here's the thing, ONLY HORNY FOR THEIR ONE TRUE LOVE
Editor: *salivates* Then they fuck?
Agent: No! But the plot needs them to kiss. A lot.
Editor: *strings of drool* And does that plot move the series forward?
Agent: NO!
Editor: *lies down*
Editor: *salivates* Then they fuck?
Agent: No! But the plot needs them to kiss. A lot.
Editor: *strings of drool* And does that plot move the series forward?
Agent: NO!
Editor: *lies down*
If my agent and/or editor are reading this, I am working VERY HARD
November 25, 2024 at 2:39 PM
If my agent and/or editor are reading this, I am working VERY HARD
Agent: SO many! The characters rant against their sociocultural norms in page-long monologues! And then...
Editor *holds breath*
Agent: *leans in* ...and then they reaffirm everything they say they hate by their actions!
Editor: *climaxes*
Editor *holds breath*
Agent: *leans in* ...and then they reaffirm everything they say they hate by their actions!
Editor: *climaxes*
January 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Agent: SO many! The characters rant against their sociocultural norms in page-long monologues! And then...
Editor *holds breath*
Agent: *leans in* ...and then they reaffirm everything they say they hate by their actions!
Editor: *climaxes*
Editor *holds breath*
Agent: *leans in* ...and then they reaffirm everything they say they hate by their actions!
Editor: *climaxes*
crazy that we know more about what happened to the six mil some guy gave to a forbes editor than we do about the fate of the 50k Tom Homan received in a Cava bag from an undercover FBI agent
just sitting alone in my office (which is also my bedroom) screaming “six million dollars” again and again
Forbes Fired Top Editor After Discovering He Received Secret $6 Million Payment
Randall Lane, the magazine’s chief content officer, received the money from the founder of Shook Research, which has worked with Forbes on content about wealth advisers.
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2026 at 1:58 AM
crazy that we know more about what happened to the six mil some guy gave to a forbes editor than we do about the fate of the 50k Tom Homan received in a Cava bag from an undercover FBI agent
Agent: You haven't heard the best part! In the very last book of the series, they introduce another bunch of brand new characters!
Editor: *moans softly* What about the established ones?
Agent: Barely mentioned at all!
Editor: *weeps with joy* Are the new characters horny?
Agent: SO horny.
Editor: *moans softly* What about the established ones?
Agent: Barely mentioned at all!
Editor: *weeps with joy* Are the new characters horny?
Agent: SO horny.
January 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Agent: You haven't heard the best part! In the very last book of the series, they introduce another bunch of brand new characters!
Editor: *moans softly* What about the established ones?
Agent: Barely mentioned at all!
Editor: *weeps with joy* Are the new characters horny?
Agent: SO horny.
Editor: *moans softly* What about the established ones?
Agent: Barely mentioned at all!
Editor: *weeps with joy* Are the new characters horny?
Agent: SO horny.
AUTHOR: I love you, man!
EDITOR: I love YOU, man!
The Next Day
AGENT: Oh god, I left my author unsupervised, what did she agree to?!
EDITOR: I love YOU, man!
The Next Day
AGENT: Oh god, I left my author unsupervised, what did she agree to?!
October 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
AUTHOR: I love you, man!
EDITOR: I love YOU, man!
The Next Day
AGENT: Oh god, I left my author unsupervised, what did she agree to?!
EDITOR: I love YOU, man!
The Next Day
AGENT: Oh god, I left my author unsupervised, what did she agree to?!
Honestly authors, if your contract has language in there about faithful translation, TALK TO YOUR EDITOR AND AGENT because this isn’t it.
last month, one of my coworkers decided to use AI translation for a job. the AI skipped about 1/4 of the source text and added other stuff that didn't exist in the source. my coworkers trusted the bot output and went ahead and published this. i discovered the errors so i got the job of cleaning up.
December 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Honestly authors, if your contract has language in there about faithful translation, TALK TO YOUR EDITOR AND AGENT because this isn’t it.
EDITOR: Yes. I am sold. When?
AGENT: She has five books due next year. We talked about this at the meeting.
HEROINE: Was that a meeting? I thought it was an intervention.
AGENT: She has five books due next year. We talked about this at the meeting.
HEROINE: Was that a meeting? I thought it was an intervention.
October 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
EDITOR: Yes. I am sold. When?
AGENT: She has five books due next year. We talked about this at the meeting.
HEROINE: Was that a meeting? I thought it was an intervention.
AGENT: She has five books due next year. We talked about this at the meeting.
HEROINE: Was that a meeting? I thought it was an intervention.
I’m not a bestseller or rich and know everything could crumble at any moment, but I just spent a few days in NYC doing a book thing and hanging out with my agent, my editor, my NYT editor, readers, and friends. Dreams do come true. Keep going. You, me, everyone. Keep at it.
May 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I’m not a bestseller or rich and know everything could crumble at any moment, but I just spent a few days in NYC doing a book thing and hanging out with my agent, my editor, my NYT editor, readers, and friends. Dreams do come true. Keep going. You, me, everyone. Keep at it.
EMILY WILSON'S AGENT: But she doesn't actually have any particular expertise in that—
COMMISSIONING EDITOR: OK, *two* truckloads of gold
COMMISSIONING EDITOR: OK, *two* truckloads of gold
I always thought the Beatles biopics were a bad idea. This image only seems to confirm that.
August 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
EMILY WILSON'S AGENT: But she doesn't actually have any particular expertise in that—
COMMISSIONING EDITOR: OK, *two* truckloads of gold
COMMISSIONING EDITOR: OK, *two* truckloads of gold
my agent: Editor is ready for your next pitch.
me: *sends 2 pitches*
agent: *sends back edits*
me: *sends back edits, plus a third pitch*
me: *waits*
me: I HAVE MORE.
me: *sends 2 pitches*
agent: *sends back edits*
me: *sends back edits, plus a third pitch*
me: *waits*
me: I HAVE MORE.
March 4, 2024 at 7:54 PM
my agent: Editor is ready for your next pitch.
me: *sends 2 pitches*
agent: *sends back edits*
me: *sends back edits, plus a third pitch*
me: *waits*
me: I HAVE MORE.
me: *sends 2 pitches*
agent: *sends back edits*
me: *sends back edits, plus a third pitch*
me: *waits*
me: I HAVE MORE.
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July 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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when I open my text editor and they've added another new panel to tell me to use their AI agent
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
when I open my text editor and they've added another new panel to tell me to use their AI agent
LATER AT DINNER
AGENT & EDITOR: What was that thing you mentioned on the panel?!
HEROINE: Ok, so somebody posts this video, and it’s this woman alone in the mountains, and then [thing] and [other thing]…
*time passes*
HEROINE: …stuffed upside down in a crevasse!
AGENT: *flags down waiter for booze*
AGENT & EDITOR: What was that thing you mentioned on the panel?!
HEROINE: Ok, so somebody posts this video, and it’s this woman alone in the mountains, and then [thing] and [other thing]…
*time passes*
HEROINE: …stuffed upside down in a crevasse!
AGENT: *flags down waiter for booze*
October 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
LATER AT DINNER
AGENT & EDITOR: What was that thing you mentioned on the panel?!
HEROINE: Ok, so somebody posts this video, and it’s this woman alone in the mountains, and then [thing] and [other thing]…
*time passes*
HEROINE: …stuffed upside down in a crevasse!
AGENT: *flags down waiter for booze*
AGENT & EDITOR: What was that thing you mentioned on the panel?!
HEROINE: Ok, so somebody posts this video, and it’s this woman alone in the mountains, and then [thing] and [other thing]…
*time passes*
HEROINE: …stuffed upside down in a crevasse!
AGENT: *flags down waiter for booze*
One of the things I’m really enjoying about Bluesky atm is that neither my agent nor my editor are here yet, so they can’t see how much time I’m wasting
August 20, 2024 at 9:34 AM
One of the things I’m really enjoying about Bluesky atm is that neither my agent nor my editor are here yet, so they can’t see how much time I’m wasting
reading the bookforum review of Middlemen and I expect that the scholarly publishing equivalent of the agent is the freelance developmental editor. if conglomeration drove the rise of the agent, austerity drove the rise of the latter—the editor who actually edits, helps w/ the proposal, etc.
August 2, 2026 at 12:51 PM
reading the bookforum review of Middlemen and I expect that the scholarly publishing equivalent of the agent is the freelance developmental editor. if conglomeration drove the rise of the agent, austerity drove the rise of the latter—the editor who actually edits, helps w/ the proposal, etc.
NOTE TO WRITERS (esp. Sorkin, Aaron) If any studio exec, producer, agent, publisher, editor, or rando restaurant waiter at Spago in 1993, ever says, "That's not believable," you just point them here ⬇️
November 14, 2024 at 12:31 AM
NOTE TO WRITERS (esp. Sorkin, Aaron) If any studio exec, producer, agent, publisher, editor, or rando restaurant waiter at Spago in 1993, ever says, "That's not believable," you just point them here ⬇️
I got a VERY excited call from my editor yesterday, then my agent joined the call, then I thought “Oh Jesus, is this about the Hugos?” but no! You glorious weirdos bought so many copies that THIS happened!
February 22, 2024 at 7:27 PM
I got a VERY excited call from my editor yesterday, then my agent joined the call, then I thought “Oh Jesus, is this about the Hugos?” but no! You glorious weirdos bought so many copies that THIS happened!
Happy Valentine’s Day.
I hope an agent or an editor choo-choo-chooses you soon. ❤️
I hope an agent or an editor choo-choo-chooses you soon. ❤️
February 14, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day.
I hope an agent or an editor choo-choo-chooses you soon. ❤️
I hope an agent or an editor choo-choo-chooses you soon. ❤️