Jul 21, 2010

Secret Agent Man...er...Woman

Do you guys know the song Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers? That song really confused me when I first heard it on the radio. Mostly because I thought it was called Secret Asian Man, and I didn’t know why he was A) Giving me a number, or B) Taking away my name.

But later in my life, when I learned the correct lyrics, I found I could not hear anyone be described as an “agent” without immediately thinking “secret agent,” and wondering what his/her code name

was.

You, fabulous reader, need suffer no such confusion. We here at Nancy Coffey Lit have decided to give up our life of secrecy. We’re ready to reveal all the details of our dangerous, mysterious lives at 240 W. 35th St.

We’re still not telling you our code names, though.

Seriously, do you know how excited we are to have a blog? Do you know how excited we are that you are here reading it?

So. Excited. Welcome to our first official post!

As part of renouncing our sly ways, we want to keep you in-the-know in regards to the queries we’ve received. In the top right-ish corner, you’ll see a button for our Query Log, which will be updated every Friday. In addition, the stellar Joanna will be blogging once a week, so you’ll have plenty of chances to ask agent-related questions and get some awesome perspective on what being an agent means, whether you are a writer or a client.

In turn, we hope you’ll tell us which of our secrets you’re dying to know: wondering how

contracts work? What we look for in queries? What kind of manuscripts we dream of representing? What delicious things we’ve eaten that day?

Well, I can at least answer one of those for you now. We’ve eaten brownies and chocolate covered strawberries.

Yep. It’s a tough life.

Looking forward to many happy blog posts!

Sara, the Assistant


18 comments:

middle grade ninja said...

I'm super excited to be your first comment! Blog looks great.

Loretta Nyhan said...

Yay! Great work, ladies! The site looks fab.

I can't wait to read future posts (especially the ones about food).

L

Veronica Roth said...

YES! So excited for this. Awesomesauce.

Helen Sayers said...

"Query Log:" *dies*
Super excited for all the inside scoop.

Dorothy Dreyer said...

Congrats on the blog launch! This is great!

Jemi Fraser said...

Awesome! Looking forward to your posts! :)

Martina Boone said...

The blog looks beautiful! Good luck and best wishes with the launch. We'll be watching it with interest.

Martina & Marissa

Joseph L. Selby said...

Welcome to the blogosphere! You have now ruined that song for me. I will forever hear Secret Asian Man and wonder why he's trying to keep his ethnicity a secret.

So your first question: Given that you're in publishing and therefore don't make any money but work (live?) in New York and have to spend what money you have on being in New York, how do you eat out so often?

(PS My word verification is "reducto." Is Blogger on a Harry Potter theme this week?)

storyqueen said...

Hi Sara the Assistant!

So glad you girls started a blog. Can't wait to read the fab posts.

(Secret Agent Man will not be in my head all day....)

Shelley

Sandra Cormier said...

Welcome to Bloggyland, where words rule!

Runere McLain said...

Thanks for using "Secret Asian Man" to prove agents ARE human! lol

Can't wait to read more in the upcoming weeks!Nice launch, ladies!

Lacey J Edwards said...

Looks great! Looking forward to future posts!

Amy Lukavics said...

Yesssss this made my day. SO EXCITED!!!

Amy Lukavics said...

Oh and PS I totally thought it was Secret Asian Man as well. I am so relieved.

Laura Pauling said...

Love your title and the blog looks great. I'm looking forward to informative but fun posts!

Hardygirl said...

Yay!! This is all so great!

And, I totally used to think that song was "Secret Asian Man", too.

sf

Joanna said...

Thank you guys so much for the first day support! We're very excited to be joining the blogosphere--woot!

Susan Adrian said...

HOW did I miss that you guys have a blog now? Hooray!

And I am so relieved that someone ELSE thought it was Secret Asian Man. I've carried that around for years.