I’m willing to bet every one of my writer friends has had this happen to them at least once. Even if you’re not a writer, watch this video. It will give you not only a laugh, but some insight into the marvelous world of being an author.
Oh, by the way, this really does happen at conferences with agents. Or so I’m told.
Tameri Etherton 
Too funny! No wonder we are all schizophrenic. The voices inside our heads are bad enough! Thanks for an early morning chuckle!
I know, right! Glad it gave you a laugh. When I saw it yesterday I was rolling on the floor. I’ve seriously had friends do this to me. At some point you just have to say, ‘Yeah, no. That’s an entirely different book and I’m not going to write it.’
Kill him in the first chapter, no don’t. Well, maybe… Arrrgh! Like you said, too many voices in our heads already.
Oh my gosh, that was great. Well not great, but. . .
Hahaha! Exactly.
ROFLMAO!!! OMG Hysterical!!!!!!!!! OMG!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Love it – made my morning!!! š
Although, it did start to sound like it was going to be a nowhere story… š
Well, it did….but then it wasn’t. You know.
SO funny! I haven’t experienced that with an agent, but I have with people who are NOT writers. Lots of times. š
Me too! It always cracks me up how many ‘great’ ideas they have for my book. I don’t know what I’d do if an agent did this to me. Laugh on the inside, probably.
Hahaha! Is it that bad? Too funny!
Sometimes it is, Susie. Especially from well-meaning friends who aren’t writers. And it is pretty darn funny!
I LOVE THIS! I have to echo what Coleen said. Never had this experience with someone professional, but people who don’t write? Totally. I even have one friend who doesn’t understand what imagination is because he’s such a realist. Example conversation?
Me: So this character. What if you could meet them?
Him: But they’re fake, so I can’t.
Me: Well I know that. But what if you COULD? What would you ask them?
Him: But I can’t meet them. So there’s no point in trying to figure that out. How would I think of what to ask a person who doesn’t exist anyway?
Me: *headdesk*
(The irony of this is he loves fantasy books. He makes my head hurt. lol)
I have a *cough, cough* friend exactly like that. He may or may not be related to me. š
The ideas I get from friends always cracks me up. It’s like they didn’t even listen to what my book was about, they just think I should write ‘their’ book. Aggravating, but hilarious nonetheless.
No wonder we want to bang our heads against a wall sometimes š Good to know such frustration is common.
There really is comfort in knowing it’s not just me!
I had an agent once suggest that I make Peri a nun. She was about 12 years old and couldn’t understand why Peri would be 50 – I guess she could be 50 if she was a nun. OR NOT. JUST SOMETHING LIKE A NUN. OR A GUN MOLL. BUT NOT…
I also met a woman who found out I write humor columns. “You know what you need in your columns?” she asked as if she’d read anything I did.
“What?”
“Recipes.” She was quite triumphant about this, so I told her I’d think about it.
BAHAHAHAHAAAA!
That. Is. Classic.
You told me that once and it’s still darn funny! Peri is so not a nun. What was she thinking? Or a gun moll… classic Gayle.
Recipes? For how to hide a body, maybe! Actually, some of your blog posts with recipes are super funny so maybe she was onto something there. Or not. Or maybe recipes with sharks in them. Or policemen. Or sex. Or not.
Ah. This is why murders happen. In books!
Yep. There was an agent at the conference that Gayle and I both decided we were going to make a character and kill off. I love literary creative license to kill.
That bad-witch is going to get a slow, torturous death in my story. Lots of screaming, then begging, then moaning in agony. Not that I hold a grudge or anything.
Priceless, Tameri! š
Thank you my darling Myndi!
HAHAHA! I don’t think I could even respond to someone like that. I’d just give them a blank look, gather my things, and walk out the door.
I’d be envisioning their head as my target the next time I went cardio boxing, too.
Or you could kill them off in your novel. That’s always cathartic.
That was great Tameri! Where did you ever find that clip? Hilarious! Oh the Brits can be so funny sometimes. Now I’m gonna have this running through my head the rest of the day. LOL! š
Well Karen, I’d really like to take the creative genius credit for finding this, but Michael Steven Gregory, the director of that conference I love ~ he’s the one who found it for me. He put it up on FB and I promptly swiped it. I thought you all would enjoy it and I was right!
Totally awesome. Love that. And of course, I love English humor as well.
Me too. English humour is just so much more colourful than ours. It’s my favourite. š
Well done on the “…our” spellings. hehehe
I haven’t had this happen with an agent, but I have had friends/family suggest… “Why don’t you write something about…” Thanks for the entertainment!
You’re welocme, Traci. Glad you enjoyed it! What do you tell your friends/family when they *suggest* an amazing book you could write? I need some good ideas since none of my replies work.
Hilarious! Gosh I love that British humor š
Thanks, Ingrid, me too!
ROFL! Only the English can pull this off! Too funny!
What is it about those Brits that make them so darn funny in a dry, sarcastic way that we just love? My favorite show right now is the Graham Norton show. He’s so witty and snarky, but endearing. Love them!
SO funny!! I never get tired of that one. I actually had a similar experience once with an editor (not nearly that bad) and I just left the meeting shaking my head.
Awesome video! Thanks for the giggle.
You should blog about that (change names, of course!). I bet that was one interesting meeting. I don’t know what I’d do if an editor did something like this with me. Start laughing, maybe. Then that would be inappropriate and I’d get the hiccups and all flustered and then I’d probably fart just to seal the deal.
I’m late getting to this – more the pity for me. what a great video. and it reminds me of my plotting partner and I when we get together. too funny.
Well, I’m glad you made it, Louise! I would love to be a fly on the wall when you’re with your plotting partner. I bet you come up with some awesome ideas!
LOVE it! I would think that any author meeting an agent or editor like that would HAVE to kill them off in a book. That is one argument for being an indie. You get to write the story you want to tell. š
Hey, that’s a great point for going indie! Mwuahahahahahaa!!