AGENT INTERRUPTED

Ari is angry tonight. I like an angry Ari. He gets it done. Well, most of the time. Even the best fictional agent has his bad days. Days where the usual approach isn't working. Like making a joke with Mike Tyson about biting someone's ear. The God of all agents couldn't even seal the deal with the Mrs., big balls got blue balls. 

Ouch.

Definitely in a funk. His clients didn't have nice things to say about him, didn't feel connected or appreciated. And he seemed to have a hard time finding his A Game.

So, this all had me thinking. Even agents lose their mojo. They are human after all, aren't they? I mean it's not like they're vampires or anything....Now that would be a great character. A hybrid of Ari Gold and Eric Northman. Hmmmm....now he would be the perfect fictional agent.

Eric friggin Northman.

Deadly, loyal, passionate, funny, and oh so beautiful. If pubs seem all pissy about word count or my title, he could glamour them. If I am having a hard time with my WIP he could, well, help me find my muse. Ha cha cha!

Now, being asleep all day may pose some problems. But I am a night person. Eric flys. We'd save on airfare. I am already daydreaming about him flying me around like Superman did Lois Lane.  I even see myself wear that blue dress.

I am getting off topic here. Losing my concentration. I think this picture of my ficitonal agent is glamouring me. How could it not?

But here is where Ari gets all flustered too. He veered of course. Got so big he lost the personal touch with his clients, what made him great. He lost his voice people.

All this query business has me flustered. Freaked out. Contemplating changes I never thought about before. But it doesn't mean change won't be necessary. Bottom line, my query worked on two agents. Ok, not bad. When I go back and read them, it's missing MY voice. How did I let that happen?

Here's how. I am so hung up on the rules and examples out there I forgot to put ME in it. No wonder agents aren't connecting with it.

So it's back to the drawing board. I have a  lot to figure out. My genre fit, that's first and foremost. Getting the word count down a wee bit. And making the decision where my completed MS fits in the series. It's gonna be a long week, a  lot of digging and searching.

Who knows what I'll find but it sure will be fun. Poor JAWS!