Cheyenne McCray has a great post over at The Midnight Hour today on whether agents and editors visit authors’ web sites and blogs when considering a manuscript.
I think this is a HUGE deal. People get on the Internet and IMO completely lose the filter that applies in other situations in their lives. I had read an interview a while back with an agent who talked about going to a potential client’s blog and seeing a list of all the other agents this writer had subbed to and how many rejections she had already acquired. Did this put this agent off? Sure did.
I also have a friend who recently discovered an unpleasant post about her book on a message board. No big deal, right? It happens. BUT it was written by someone she knows. Someone who to her face had acted supportive. Obviously the talons of jealousy had griped this person, but you’d have to be Mother Teresa to not let it bug you. You think my friend will be helping her in the future? I sincerely doubt it and if others learn of the post, the woman will get a reputation that could hurt her even more.
So, before you hit enter…think. Would I say this in person? Is there anyone in the world I wouldn’t want to see this? You may just want to implement the backspace key a bit. :)
