Ask Winston

The stalwart Winston B. Larson, recovered from recent traumas, is back in the Ask Winston saddle again.

This week's question comes from an as-yet-unpublished author:

I've been warned not to say anything negative about works represented by a certain agent who (the rumor goes) will not represent any writer who's said something negative about a book she's sold. Since I wasn't told this directly by the agent, I don't know how true it is, but it makes me wonder if this is something that most...