10 Things Not to Do When You Meet an Agent/Editor

Immediately ask if you can pitch your book.

Demand to know number amounts of the latest advances of certain books this agent/editor sold.

Complain about how many books in the industry you hate.

Tell insider stories about other editors/agents you dislike.

Ask about trends in the hopes you can change your book to meet those trends and sell it by tomorrow.

Give advice about what you think is going to trend next.

Dominate the conversation and refuse to listen to what they have to say.

Give them advice about health/nutrition because you're trying to be “helpful.”

Ask if they look at previously self-published titles.

Ask about the conspiracy in the traditional publishing world.