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Jul 12Liked by Marc Guggenheim

From the silent asker about dicussing a project with producers unrepresented, I can tell you from personal experience that approaching producers unrepresented can be met with a 4% net proceeds deal offer. Since net proceeds is always $0.00, it's a free giveaway of your dramatic rights. Run for the hills if that offer comes in, just as I did.

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Jul 12Liked by Marc Guggenheim

Pre-ordered, because I really like your writing and the book sounds right up my alley. But also because I vividly remember having a great conversation in a garden with you one evening at the LA Screenings, about the Swamp Thing pilot. My colleague and I are both long time DC fans and were so excited about the prospective appearance of Madame Fate among others. I think we would happily have monopolized you forever and you were very gracious! It was SUCH a great pilot! (And show that I never got to see because WB didn’t do the deal in our territory and still hasn’t got a streaming service going here. So, no DC content, not even library.) I do miss old-school television …

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Thank you so much for pre-ordering! I remember our conversation fondly!

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Jul 12Liked by Marc Guggenheim

I read your book as part of the UK’s First Reads equivalent… And didn’t realise until your newsletter just now that you wrote it. I had somehow thought it was just a coincidence the author had your name and didn’t think twice. You’re so prolific, not a surprise you’re about to become a best selling novelist. I don’t get how you have the time, and would love to hear more about your time management process.

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