Tag: literary agents
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Writers: What Makes You Feel Validated?
Validation. As writers, it’s what we’re looking for. In other words (pun?), are the stories we write good? As in good enough for an agent to offer us representation? Good enough for an editor to throw it toward consideration? Good enough for one of the Big 6 publishers to take us on? If we are…
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Finding Your Next Literary Agent – Is #2 Right For You?
As most of you are aware, my agent of two years cut me loose a few weeks ago. It was a bit of a shock, but also something I expected. While I’d like to think that the decision wasn’t based on my inability to produce good stories, I do know that the inability of those…
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I Lost My Literary Agent – A Personal Experience
It’s like the lyrics to one of Queen’s (that’s a band, people) last albums, wherein Freddy Mercury sings, “It’s finally happened… it’s finally happened.” That line is going around inside my head tonight as I ponder how to digest that my agent can no longer represent me. I am not alone. Recently at YA Stands,…
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Do You Need An Agent?
Easy answer. Heck ya! Why? Because if they are like Christine Witthohn, they will be honest, up-front and guide you toward becoming your personal best. Yes, this is a business. Yes, we all need to make money. But what Christine does is put her writers first, above and beyond the fact that she, too, needs…
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What Really Happens After “The Call” – One Year Later
Here it is, November 1. Exactly one year ago I received the “Call” from my agent with an offer of representation. This was the moment most writers dream of… garnering approval from the key player in the game of writer-gets-published – the literary agent. If you read back in my blog archive, you’ll taste the…
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The Dream and Reality of Snagging an Agent
It helps to have a pre-determined amount of rungs to climb on the Writer’s Ladder. You know, the wooden one that’s up against the wall? You’ve been standing on it for some time with your manuscript in hand, clutching the rails with the other and hanging on for dear life. All you want to do…