What 7 Literary Agents Wish You Knew About Publishing

Should You Pitch (and Sign With) a New Literary Agent? The Pros ...

In the publishing business, you want communication and enthusiasm from agents (and editors). Both are invaluable. What's the point of signing ...

Finding an Agent: Why You Shouldn't Give Up | Writers & Artists

Agents have set up their own expensive creative writing schools from which they cherry pick the best students. Or they draw new authors ...

My Publishing Journey! How I Got An Agent And a Book Deal

Do you want to know how I started writing? I have one of those ... Wish you all the best with your future novels. How did you find agents ...

Advice For Writers From Literary Agents

2) Learn how to market yourself and create a platform—a website, a blog, write a column for a newspaper, etc. Publishers need authors who can ...

What previously published authors need to know about querying

I wish a published book or two, especially a successful published book ... agent taking you on or of your next book also finding publication.

Are Agents & Publishers Too Picky? - Author, Jody Hedlund

The genre isn't clear. ... The story just didn't resonate or grab me enough. Are publishers and editors just being too picky when they cite those reasons for ...

Literary agent or straight to publishers? - Kindle Forum

What matters is whether they think the novel you've submitted will appeal to the editors they know at various publishers. And whether they ...

What do literary agents want you to know? A conversation with Amy ...

The advice I give most often is to read books that are being published today and in your genre. Book pacing and writing styles change over time, ...

What is the best way to find an agent/publisher? - HubPages

Finding publishers is a little bit trickier. Most of the big name publishing houses will not accept submissions from authors who don't have an ...

Literary Agent Search Savvy - Words to the Wise Writer - Alice Orr

If they don't have a good one, that's a heads-up that they're not very deep into the publishing game. Find the assistant editors and associates.

How to Find Books Agents Represent - Michelle I Mason

Be sure to put quotes around the name, or it will pull up any book that has both names somewhere in the book. You'll also get some agent guides ...

Approaching, as an Author, the World of Agents - Absolute Write

My process went something like this: 1) Compile a list of agents accepting my genre. (In 2013 I used a book, and a friend who generously shared ...

MSWL - ERIC SMITH

Great examples in my agent life include the books by Mike Chen, Alison Stine, Leslie K. Anderson, and Erica Boyce… stunning genre-blending ...

Preparing for Unknowns in Your Agent Search - Writer's Digest

What clues might our rejections hold that could help us turn a future no into a yes? (Literary agent and professional editor Andrea Hurst shares ...

The Ideal Client: A Literary Agent's Wish List

Given this site is dedicated to agent and editor manuscript wish lists, a post on a wish list of traits in potential clients seems appropriate.

Querying a Romance (or Any!) Novel: How to Get a Literary Agent

Only query agents who are open to your genre. Read their bios on their websites and Manuscript Wish List and other available information, and do not query ...

How Do Literary Agents Know They're Offering Representation?

There are so many elements of a book that literary agents evaluate when reading submission, but what is it about a book that makes a ...

Questionable Practices by Literary Agents - Rachelle Gardner

Charging any kind of upfront fee. The agent shouldn't charge you fees. Agents typically make a 15% commission on sales of your book (this means ...

Pub Life #1: Query Advice from a Literary Assistant

But often, this leads to vague phrases in queries that make it difficult for agents to know what kind of manuscript you've actually written.

Do You Want to Know What Literary Agents and Publishers Really ...

Wish we could up a bunch of those yellow chairs, out on the patio at allume and talk this all through. Many of these blog posts are just ...