Part the fourth in a six-part series, here are one, two and three. Another one of the million things to consider when mulling over an offer of representation, is whether he/she is an editorial agent. Pretty easy to tell the difference. An uneditorial agent will say he/she leaves the editing up to the editor. An... Continue Reading →
And now we come to Part Three of BUT ARE YOU A MATCH, Part One is here, Part Two is here. An agent's first role is that of SALESMAN. Every salesman must rely on a list of contacts, or in the case of a literary editor, a list of editors. So today, our topic... Continue Reading →
Part Two of the series BUT ARE YOU A MATCH? (prt 1 here) could also be called: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P0hG3sD0-E Because different agents have different ideas about what his/her role is as your representative. Some do it all, and some have a very narrow range of what they want from you. So let us consider: AGENT AREA... Continue Reading →
http://youtu.be/e_RWrLZb5N8 If you didn't see that coming, you just don't know me. People are different--I know that comes as a complete shock to all of you writers. (<---SARCASM) And when The Call comes, we dream that on the other end of our tired little flip phone is our knight in shining armor, come to... Continue Reading →
An insightful overview of what agents do by agent Carlie Webber.
Today is #AgentsDay on Twitter. In honor of the occasion (and in honor of the fact that a lot of writers have asked me this question lately), I wanted to write my What I Do All Day post.
When I tell people I’m a literary agent, the ones who know what I do immediately start telling me about the novel they’re working on. The ones who don’t ask me what I do all day, and here’s how I explain it: I work in book futures. Agents are not salaried; we live on money paid out from the 15% our agencies take from our clients’ earnings. When we sign a client, we do so because we believe that we will make a return (money) on our initial investment (time and energy and phone calls to editors) in their property (their book). We believe that our investment will pay off because…
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HEY PEEPS! Been, like, a long time... http://youtu.be/c1Hb9ABpyts Amiright? Heather and Dana have been holding down the fort while I attempt to finish my WIP. Always take longer than you think it will. Amirightagain? Anyhoo. Today, let's consider the social-media-savvy agent. You know the one I'm talking about. He or she blogs three times a... Continue Reading →
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