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Spent the evening at a talk given by a literary agent on how to get published - very depressing; she's of the 'chick-lit, al-queda spy plots or jackie collins stuff only' school, nothing else has any saleability or merit. It made my blood boil to hear her lump all sci-fi/fantasy/non-formula writing together as 'unicorns and spaceships'. That's unicorns for the women and spaceships for the lads as well, folks, just to really put the boot in.

She also said having one of your characters on the brink of a homosexual affair was 'contraversial' and 'a great way to get international sales' (along with nudity, full-on sex scenes, bad language and violence, which are also good if you want film or TV rights, aparently) - It was at that point I wished I had some really fluffy, sappy slash to hit her with, and may she choke on it, silly cow.

So yeah, not impressed.