{"id":11610,"date":"2010-09-30T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/?p=11610"},"modified":"2010-09-24T08:27:49","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T12:27:49","slug":"will-you-recommend-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2010\/09\/will-you-recommend-me\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Will you recommend me&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was over at<a href=\"http:\/\/monicajackson.writersrooms.com\/2010\/09\/22\/does-social-proof-make-the-author\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Monica Jackson<\/a>&#8216;s blog a few days ago and read this&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I actually spent my personal time three years ago replying to an e-mail  to somebody who asked me to read their work and recommend my  agent\u2013somebody I didn\u2019t know from Eve.\u00a0 I encouraged her to write  queries and wished her good luck. \u00a0 I JUST got an e-mail back saying  what a bad and unhappy person I am because I wouldn\u2019t do what she  wanted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hmmmm.\u00a0 Monica&#8217;s a smart lady.\u00a0 I would have responded the same why.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, so&#8230; yeah, writers do get asked those questions.\u00a0 Generally from people who are fairly new or who are frustrated and trying to get an &#8216;in&#8217;.\u00a0 Have I been asked that question?\u00a0 Yes.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s my answer?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>No.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Point blank&#8230; unless I <em>know<\/em> the person <em>really, really, really <\/em>well&#8230;it&#8217;s not smart.\u00a0\u00a0 If I recommend Author Sally Sue to my agent, and author Sally Sue turns out to Godzilla in Pink Leather and becomes the Biggest Pain in The Ass my agent has ever met, just how well do you think that&#8217;s going to reflect on <em>me<\/em>?\u00a0 Not well.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dreamstimefree_7909182.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11613\" title=\"dreamstimefree_7909182\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dreamstimefree_7909182-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dreamstimefree_7909182.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dreamstimefree_7909182.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dreamstimefree_7909182.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dreamstimefree_7909182.jpg?w=3510&amp;ssl=1 3510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was over at Monica Jackson&#8216;s blog a few days ago and read this&#8230; I actually spent my personal time three years ago replying to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2010\/09\/will-you-recommend-me\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;Will you recommend me&#8230;&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10161045129738658_54762468447":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43,60,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-qs-i-get-asked-a-lot","category-useful-places-for-writers","category-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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