This morning I had my second meeting with Robert Stephenson, to go over the first chapter of my novel. What a mess!!!! There is so much pen all over it, so much work crossed out and shifted around. Robert was expecting me to scream but instead I grinned!
This is all so exciting. I expected my novel would need some pretty hefty work, and it is so good to get this feedback and to see a new direction for my story. It will always be my work, but Robert is helping me make it the best it can be.
I feel like a sculptor with a piece of roughly shaped stone, chiseling away with my hammer to create a piece of art. It is amazing! I feel so lucky to be represented by this somewhat crazy, but highly efficient and professional agent. He has made a big name for himself, and googling him yielded some interesting articles and biographies. Apparently he has been sighted standing in his garden naked with a rose between his teeth, for no given reason. Yes, he may be slightly mad (in the good way), he may be eccentric, but I also believe he will help me to achieve my best.
Below is some information directly copied from the Altair website, which you can see in context at http://www.altair-australia.com/altair/about.html I thought I'd put this in my blog for you to have a look at, and there is more information at the actual website.
About Altair Agency
Altair-Australia Literary Agency was established in 1997 to help support the writing of new and lesser-known writers in the field of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Later, after some success with the works of Tony Shillitoe and Kurt von Trojan, agent, Robert N Stephenson, expanded the agency to include all genres with SF and Fantasy being the speciality. Altair-Agency now represents writers in the field of Children's Literature, Main-stream Literature, Crime & Mystery and Action/Adventure fiction. Non-fiction is a new area Altair-Australia Agency is considering expanding into in the near future.
About Robert N Stephenson
Robert N Stephenson is a writer of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Literary Fiction. His published work has appeared in magazines around the world and can sometimes be found on the Internet. For the last four years he has edited the highly regarded Altair Magazine (ublishing work by Arthur C Clarke, David Brin, Stainslaw Lem, Joe Haldeman, Robert J Sawyer, Kelly Link and many, may more). Robert has operated as an agent for the last 11 years. His time has mainly been spent establishing a decent author list and himself as a reliable agent with high quality material for sale. Writers on his list have included Tony Shillitoe, Kurt von Troan, Sue Isle, Steven Cooper, J H Fletcher (International Rights), Bill Green, Gail Meritt. Robert has also edited many published fiction novels for sidHarta Publishers and independantly; two of these books, 'Leathers' by Donna Gardner and 'Indonesian Gold' by Kerry Collison have gone on to become best sellers in Australia. In an effort to help new writers achieve publishing results faster he tutors for Australia College and Cecage in Sydney, with close to 200 students the work can be a little overwhelming at times.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
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