STATUS: Yep. Guess who’s going on vaca starting tomorrow.
What’s playing on the iPod right now? HEY NINETEEN by Steely Dan
If you’ve been paying attention to my comings and goings (clearly listed on my website news page), you’ll know where I’m going. The land of Frodo and Orlando Bloom.
Oh wait, I’m going to New Zealand—not Middle Earth.
So what I’m trying to say is that I’m going to be gone for a good two weeks and the blogs will most likely be sporadic. It is called a vacation for a reason…
And to send me off on a cheery note, let’s talk about death some more. Many folks had questions about what happens when an agent goes off to the great beyond. You want me to say that XYZ will happen if this occurs and the truth is that there are many answers.
First, it depends on the agent and what corporate structure the agency has in place. For some folks, if the agent dies, the agency ceases to exist as a legal corporate entity.
That’s not true for my limited liability company because it’s not set up that way. Some agents are sole proprietors (not an entity structure I would recommend because of liability issues). Some are LLCs like mine. Some are S-corp corporations. The answer to this question changes depending on the company structure.
Then it depends on what is outlined in the agency agreement and this can vary from agent to agent or by agency.
My agency (and corporate structure) is set so that surviving members of the LLC and my heirs maintain the rights to monies generated from projects previously sold by me (while I was alive) for as long as they are in print. Since I don’t do “in perpetuity,” once a work goes out of print, all rights revert back to the author and the relationship with the agency is at an end. If any projects were on submission during time of death, the author, his or her new agent, and the surviving members of my agency would simply negotiate in good faith concerning those projects.
For my part, I’ll be dead so I won’t care.
And on that note…
Have a great vacation. I know I’ve told you a zillion times I’m so jealous, and I still am, but today was the last day of school–EVA!–and I’m feeling kinda mellow.
🙂
Kiss Aragorn and Legolas for me, and pat Frodo on the head.
Have tons of fun with the Kiwi. Make sure to go caving to see the glow worms, very exciting.
Have a great vacation. The glow worms sound really cool and I’m not one for worms. Maybe a pic of them???
Have fun in New Zealand! If you go to Wellington try to visit the Kaori Wildlife Sanctuary–it’s really lovely and you can go on night walks through it–one way to see glow worms without caving, as well as possibly see a kiwi (bird, I mean)! 🙂
Are you sure you’re not using my Ipod? But hey, welcome to my part of the world. Not just home to Middle Earth (hope you’ve got your guide book) but lots of other fabulous things as well like Flight of the Conchords, Crowded House, Lloyd Jones, Karen Walker, Lakes, Glaciers, Fjords,the All Blacks, me. Hope you enjoy your stay.
cheers
Melinda Szymanik
Have fun and don’t miss Christchurch if you’ll be on the South Island!
You lucky woman! Have a great vacation and be sure to give us all the juicy details.
You are the second person today who has the Go-Go’s theme song as the title to their blog. Have a great vaca!
Hooray – we’re all looking foward to you coming over to the RWNZ conference!!!!!!!
Gonna ski?
The Remarkables sound great. But can I con the hubby into skiing in August?
Nope, not unless it’s Chile…and I don’t think either of us are skiing at that level….
And I second what Amanda said!!!
Damn, I am *so* jealous!
But have a really nice vacation anyway. 🙂
~jerseygirl
I thought I’d wait until you were safely there to tell you my book has a plane crash on the way to New Zealand — oops!
Have a great time. My aunt lives there, and I’ve been trying to talk her into adopting me for years.