Quote Originally Posted by Mad Lews
Maybe some good writers turn to porn as a way to avoid the publicity schlepping.
I've never heard of Ann Rice doing a promotional tour for the Beauty series though she did have to for the Vamps. It might be that an agent could negotiate a contract to minimize the amount of appearances you have to make. Then again how do you get an agent without having published? Sounds like catch-22 but I hear tell if you have a contract offer you might want to have a literary agent look it over and see if they can improve upon it. Of course they do take a cut for their trouble but they are supposed to represent the writers best interests
Mad Lews

Oh I agree Mad---but most of the time by the time the litary agent is thru ---you would have been better off with the first offer---most are like personal injury lawyers your best intrests are their's only because their cut is bigger if you get more. There are a few good ones out there---but like law ---it also has become a dog eat dog world. So be careful of Litary Agents---