On The First Day of Christmas My Agent Gave to Me

By Dee Power copyright 2008

On the first day of Christmas my agent gave to me
A contract for my rep to be

On the second day of Christmas my agent gave to me
Two critiques
And a contract for my rep to be

On the third day of Christmas my agent gave to me
Three revisions
Two critiques
And a contract for my rep to be

On the fourth day of Christmas my agent gave to me
Four plot changes
Three revisions
Two critiques
And a contract for my rep to be

On the fifth day of Christmas my agent gave to me
Five - days - to - auction
Four plot changes
Three revisions
Two critiques
And a contract for my rep to be

On the sixth day of Christmas my agent gave to me
Six editors bidding
Five - days - to - auction
Four plot changes
Three revisions
Two critiques
And a contract for my rep to be

On the seventh day of Christmas my agent gave to me
Seven offers landing
Six editors bidding
Five - days - to - auction
Four plot changes
Three revisions
Two critiques
And a contract for my rep to be

On the eighth day of Christmas my agent gave to me
Eight contracts waiting
Seven offers landing
Six editors bidding
Five - days - to - auction
Four plot changes
Three revisions
Two critiques
And a contract for my rep to be

On the ninth day of Christmas my agent gave to me
Ninety thousand advancing
Eight contracts waiting
Seven offers landing
Six editors bidding
Five - days - to - auction
Four plot changes
Three revisions
Two critiques
And a contract for my rep to be

On the tenth day of Christmas my agent gave to me
Ten more rights a selling
Ninety thousand advancing
Eight contracts waiting
Seven offers landing
Six editors bidding
Five - days - to - auction
Four plot changes
Three revisions
Two critiques
And a contract for my rep to be

On the eleventh day of Christmas my agent gave to me
Eleven weeks bestselling
Ten more rights a selling
Ninety thousand advancing
Eight contracts waiting
Seven offers landing
Six editors bidding
Five - days - to - auction
Four plot changes
Three revisions
Two critiques
And a contract for my rep to be

On the twelfth day of Christmas my agent gave to me
Twelve months till we start again.
Eleven weeks bestselling
Ten more rights a selling
Ninety thousand advancing
Eight contracts waiting
Seven offers landing
Six editors a bidding
Five - days - to - auction
Four plot changes
Three revisions
Two critiques
And a contract for my rep to be

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Hope you and yours have a safe, prosperous, happy 2008.

Dee

Dee Power is the co-author of The Making of a Bestseller: Success Stories of Authors and the Editors, Agents, and Booksellers Behind Them, and two other nonfiction books. They've written Treasure In the Moonlight, a novel just waiting to be published and several screenplays. http://wwwBrianHillAndDeePower.com