tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post4997031732979038082..comments2024-01-02T16:42:15.732-05:00Comments on Redlines and Deadlines: Pitchy BehaviorECPI Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-68925677893362295252011-06-11T21:41:41.974-04:002011-06-11T21:41:41.974-04:00I want to attend Romanticon and pitch a story--I&#...I want to attend Romanticon and pitch a story--I'll get there somehow--and I'll stay in my plane seat, avoid editors who are eating; I'll cancel my room-share with the padlock couple ...*I'm kidding!*-except staying in my seat and not bothering EC editors while they are eating, toileting...OMG I can't believe someone did that! EC editors are celebrities..hmm I think that gives you the right to slushy someone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-84532208649929393632011-04-20T19:27:16.237-04:002011-04-20T19:27:16.237-04:00That is absolutely terrible. Those poor editors!That is absolutely terrible. Those poor editors!Stephanie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962039398069352257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-87638909876818403572011-04-03T07:05:59.185-04:002011-04-03T07:05:59.185-04:00I'll definitely be keeping it short, professio...I'll definitely be keeping it short, professional and to the point when I'm ready to make a pitch.Rufus Coppertophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761975983761196258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-3197445100899645892011-02-13T12:50:58.159-05:002011-02-13T12:50:58.159-05:00Yikes. The pair in the washroom should've been...Yikes. The pair in the washroom should've been arrested for harrassment. How on earth do some people get to have such a distorted view of how special they are?!Sheila Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13997206301877289623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-21949940165159315462011-02-07T08:04:02.786-05:002011-02-07T08:04:02.786-05:00OMG! These are so horrifying I can't help but ...OMG! These are so horrifying I can't help but LOL. The bathroom stall must've been terrifying but the coffee shop had me in tears. <br /><br />Shouldn't we all have a "Bring a Toy for Editor Day" at conference? *snickers*Cara Carneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07264195291001142774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-49947140841865420042011-02-05T19:25:08.085-05:002011-02-05T19:25:08.085-05:00Wow. Just... wow. It's funny but amazing folks...Wow. Just... wow. It's funny but amazing folks can't figure out what constitutes bad behavior on their own. I'd heard the bathroom pitch story before, but hadn't realized a man had joined the fun. And the airplane? Seriously? And people wonder why romance authors get a bad name. Desperation breeds idiots, I guess. But you have to hand it to the woman with the riding crop. Creative, to say the least. *grin*<br /><br />Marie :)Marie Hartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07722761134690362076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-79715911066617780442011-02-05T13:00:23.802-05:002011-02-05T13:00:23.802-05:00Why didn't someone report the padlock guy in t...Why didn't someone report the padlock guy in the bathroom to security? Persistence is one thing, and most men that size will look intimidating even if they aren't intending to "loom" just because they're so big, but when someone physically tries to hold a door closed and prevent escape... that's a whole other dimension of bad behavior.<br /><br />As for the person on the plane, I think after the 3rd "hopscotch" pitch, I'd have told the person to return to their seat and inform the original author that due to her over-sharing of someone else's time your offer had been rescinded.<br /><br />I definitely would have said the same to the buffet line lady. "I'm sorry, this isn't a business dinner. Making me have to eat cold food won't help you. Pitch during the allotted times. Thank you." then walk off and pretend she's mute.Josin L. McQueinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05751043333147850336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-56367865700613014462011-02-04T06:36:00.299-05:002011-02-04T06:36:00.299-05:00So when I sat on you and made you listen to my pro...So when I sat on you and made you listen to my proposal about the aliens with four penises who could take four women at one go, you really meant it when you told me to get off, and buzz off and something else off? I thought you were joking.Barbara Elsborghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15825994197656747262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-83493123963821028302011-02-03T21:22:25.473-05:002011-02-03T21:22:25.473-05:00Wow! Guess I should be glad you invited me to subm...Wow! Guess I should be glad you invited me to submit. Otherwise I would've been forced to... hide under your hotel bed or something. ;)Cat Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654364129228483796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-63879185651243320002011-02-03T16:43:52.650-05:002011-02-03T16:43:52.650-05:00Del, getting an okay to send another sub is one th...Del, getting an okay to send another sub is one thing. Sending every document on your computer without permission is another. ;) I've never regretted buying yours (though Steampunk Zombie Space Porn might make me change my mind. Lol).<br /><br />And Regina, I also personally think it comes down to manners (lack of professionalism is a given). You don't have to be a published rocket scientist to figure out what kind of behavior is acceptable in public. <br /><br />But frankly, I laugh (and scoff) at these sorts of things now. It's hard to shock anyone who's been in this line of work for any length of time. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-70076558421006562062011-02-03T15:07:42.390-05:002011-02-03T15:07:42.390-05:00Ah the life of an EC editor. Never a dull moment ...Ah the life of an EC editor. Never a dull moment - maybe hungry, uncomfortable,annoyed or alarmed - but never dull!!Ciana / Synecahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299482063801023059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-2145687001300490652011-02-03T15:04:48.247-05:002011-02-03T15:04:48.247-05:00Oh Wow. The life of an Erotic romance editor! I ne...Oh Wow. The life of an Erotic romance editor! I never knew you guys lead such exciting lives. snicker snicker snort. What hair-raising tales. Honestly, I didn't pull anything even close to that as a newbie pitching stuff. Hmm. I think it's a matter of manners. Some people were obviously raised in barns.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-30302176638984759342011-02-03T14:19:59.456-05:002011-02-03T14:19:59.456-05:00I'm still laughing. I'll probably think ab...I'm still laughing. I'll probably think about these for the rest of the day! I always thought the 'pitching to an editor in the bathroom' was an urban myth LOL. Guess not. It's not dull though, right?Kaily Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986029808181756915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-1860173269555231552011-02-03T13:48:31.871-05:002011-02-03T13:48:31.871-05:00Wow. This is just... *shakes head*Wow. This is just... *shakes head*Shoshanna Evershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10172269305910566840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-74917182425270870722011-02-03T13:48:25.558-05:002011-02-03T13:48:25.558-05:00Omg! That bathroom pitch actually sounds scary!Omg! That bathroom pitch actually sounds scary!Katie Reushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18085461796363818906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-2415645633483327972011-02-03T13:32:46.297-05:002011-02-03T13:32:46.297-05:00ROFL with extra ROFLsauce! Now I'm totally cha...ROFL with extra ROFLsauce! Now I'm totally chagrined, though, that I did once send you a second ms (you said it was okay!) while I was still working on my very first r&r. Mah bad. Now I know better, of course. But you rock for buying both books and starting me on my illustrious career of smut-writing!<br /><br />I think your examples just provide even more proof of how many flat-out crazy folks are walking around out there. And of how very generous your own nature is, to put up with being importuned all the time.<br /><br />On the other hand, you also made Twitter fun of my best pitch ever, Kelli. Which you will regret someday because honestly, who would NOT want to read Steampunk Zombie Space Smut? It's gonna be huge, I tell you. Huge!Delphine Drydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404686237412306195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-90491628579979581672011-02-03T13:30:14.256-05:002011-02-03T13:30:14.256-05:00OMG! The bathroom stalkers pitch sounds terrifying...OMG! The bathroom stalkers pitch sounds terrifying. And afterward they glared at her throughout the conference? They're lucky she didn't have the hotel call the police! *_*Cora Zanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461246984192089505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-38147310060911580832011-02-03T12:04:27.593-05:002011-02-03T12:04:27.593-05:00I think I remember the Padlock Man couple. If it&#...I think I remember the Padlock Man couple. If it's the pair I'm thinking about, and it's hard to believe there are two of them, they pinned me down in reception.<br />I was there downloading emails on the only free wireless connection the hotel offered. And I was a brand new EC author. Author. <br />If this is the same couple, they pitched to me. Why? My editor wasn't even at the conference that year, and I wouldn't have told them if she were. They showed an alarming desire to come to my room, and I had to virtually run away.<br /><br />The rest of the stories - rly? My God, you're a brave woman!lynneconnollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687025766573756077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-50599320170589855282011-02-03T11:45:11.553-05:002011-02-03T11:45:11.553-05:00Those are some of the most horrifying examples I&#...Those are some of the most horrifying examples I've heard! Though I have to admit the 6'4" man with the collar sounded promising...right up until he stalked the editor into the bathroom. I personally think that behavior merits handcuffs. And not the bedroom variety.Corinoreply@blogger.com