Interesting. Sure, give him my email address--I'm always curious about guys w/ (let's call it) exotic backgrounds like his. I assume he's no longer FBI?
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Dan Conaway
Literary Agent
Writers House
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From: Barrett Brown [barriticus@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:38 PM
To: Daniel Conaway
Cc: greggatghc@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Status update?
Also, just recently met E.J. Hilbert via Twitter; he's a former special agent for FBI's cyber crimes division. He had sent me a couple messages asking me about Anonymous things so I gave him my number and we talked for a little while. Then he apparently googled me and found out about the book; turns out that he's looking for an agent. Technically he's a bad writer but he seems to have some good stories. I'm going to give him your e-mail address just to make him happy and meanwhile try to convince him to give me background from a law enforcement perspective that might be useful in coloring a couple of these chapters, maybe get quotes from him.
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Daniel Conaway <
dconaway@writershouse.com<mailto:
dconaway@writershouse.com>> wrote:
I think G+I shoukd re ad through it first. In the meantime, though, I do think you're going need to tackle a four-five page set of 1st person chapter summaries.
Chpt 1:
"The book will open with _____, an op I initiated in the early days of Anonymous...
In this chapter I'll tell about how
*Bullet 1______
*Bullet 2______
*Bullet 3______ etc"
Chpt 2:
"When I was X my dad went to jail for Y. His life as a criminal established a world view for me that -------. In this chapter I'll tell about how
*Bullet 1______
*Bullet 2______
*Bullet 3______ etc"
Then sum up how those events set the stage for
Chpt 3:
And so on--mayb 150/200 words per?
Dan Conaway
Literary Agent
Writers House
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 03:16 PM
To: Daniel Conaway
Cc: Gregg Housh <greggatghc@gmail.com<mailto:greggatghc@gmail.com>>
Subject: Re: Status update?
Yeah, I have no idea what to give this woman in terms of an outline that will be productive for anyone. On the other hand, I can finish chapter two, all first-person Gregg, and send it to her tomorrow. How about that?
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Daniel Conaway <
dconaway@writershouse.com<mailto:
dconaway@writershouse.com>> wrote:
Barrett, I'll let you respond. But please keep in mind what happened last time we gave them a 'revised' outline... Whatever you give her really needs to represent a fresh recap, with no assumptions that she'll fill in what seem like obvious gaps. Make sure to say, in every chapter e.g., what Gregg's role is, and to emphasize, repeatedly, that this new entity is first-person--so that even if the content of Chapter X is (roughly) identical to what it was in the original outline, you need to frame it from the perspective of the Gregg Eye / I.
Sorry to be so pointed about this, but I just want you to resist the urge to cut-and-paste. Every time she DOESN'T get on board with a next step, the process moves backwards instead of forwards, which is a drag for all parties. So please let's make every effort to make this new iteration look completely fresh and representative of what it is you know, from our conversations etc, that she wants/ needs to see.
Thanks--
Dan
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Dan Conaway
Literary Agent
Writers House
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Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 10:35 AM
To: Gregg Housh; Barrett Brown
Cc: Daniel Conaway; Salisbury, Katie
Subject: RE: Status update?
Hello Barrett, Hello Gregg,
Are we going to get the table of contents this weekend?
I am in Seattle next week and would like to use my time on the plane Monday morning to read your manuscript.
Best,
Julia
From: Cheiffetz, Julia
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:24 PM
To: Gregg Housh; Barrett Brown
Cc: 'Daniel Conaway'; Katie Salisbury (katiesal@amazon.com<mailto:katiesal@amazon.com>)
Subject: Status update?
Dear Gregg, Dear Barrett,
How did your visit go? We were thinking of your last week.
Can you get me an updated TOC that by January 27th? The goal is to give us a clear picture of what scenes whill be the focal point of each chapter. We also need to get a flavor of the first person element.
Best,
Julia
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Regards,
Barrett Brown
512-560-2302<tel:512-560-2302>