Interested agents will tell you their plans for how they might help develop your book and career, and then they’ll offer you representation. Exciting, right? But before you rush to sign a contract, make sure they’re the right one for you. You can even send a last-minute follow-up to...
4. Meet agents online.You’re already doing this by reading and commenting on agent blogs; interacting with agents on Facebook and Twitter. This is not the place to pitch your project; rather, it’s a more informal way of creating relationships. You never know what might come of them dow...
Literary Agents: What They Do, How They Do it, How to Find Work with the Right One for You (Wiley Books for Writers)"Chock-full of delicious, wise, witty, and often laugh-out-loud quotes about the writer's life, the editor's life, the agent's life... It's absolutely the last ...
Go to writing conferences or look for literary agencies. These are great to find many agents in a single place. No matter the method you use, remember that agents will have different tastes and specializations in books. Spending a bit of extra time looking for agents that are specifically in...
Before you set your heart on becoming a literary agent, you have to know what you’re getting yourself into. After all, being a literary agent isn’t all book launches and four-martini lunches. So what do literary agents do? To summarize it briefly, agents act as the intermediaries betwee...
Let’s return to the original question: How many agents should you query? Query until you get accepted, whether that’s 10 or 100. As you can see, it’s a numbers game. It’s also about not giving up. Get Alerted Are you tired of searching for literary agents only to find that th...
Learn common pet peeves of literary agents in this post featuring 34 submission no-no's for writers to avoid before querying for their books. By Chuck SambuchinoDec 30, 2016 Romance Marianne Cronin: On... In this interview, author Marianne Cronin discusses the song lyrics that inspired her ne...
Welcome to No Shame November! This week we're diving into the pop culture we love that society tells us we shouldn't. Masturbating to horny fanfiction makes the world a better place. Now, before your eyebrows fly right off your face (looking at you, literary snobs), hear me out. Becau...
A literary agent can help you sell your book to a major publishing house. These tips can help you sell yourself to agents. You’ve written a novel! First, take a moment and congratulate yourself for making it to the end. After you’ve edited, revised, and gotten critical feedback from...
And you’re only being asked to spend a few bucks and a few hours reading that book for pleasure. An agent is being asked to devote years of their life to your bookandstake their livelihood on its success! In my postWhy You’re Not Hearing Back from Literary Agents, I explain the fi...