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The Great Agent Hunt
Some people say you don’t need an agent to get a book deal, and plenty of stories exist to prove them right. As for me, I knew right off I wanted an agent. I had zero contacts in the publishing...
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Who’s in your Corner?
If you ever asked me how I got my agent, I could blithely say, well, I finished a book and sent it off to three agents and my #1 choice just scooped it right up and then sold it twice! This would,...
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Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday.
Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam… They say that having a publisher is like dating. Having an agent is like marriage. It’s a good analogy. Not only is one a shorter-term...
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Serendipity happens, you just need *lots* of patience…
There’s been some great posts about the agent hunt by the others. As in anything as complex as finding an agent to represent you, I took a different path than my fellow Night Bazaar members (at least...
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…It’s Who You Know
I wrote Southern Gods in late 2007 and early 2008. The following year, I workshopped it heavily, both online and in real-world workshops. At some point – after maybe the seventh rewrite and pass – I...
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Um, Agent?
Agent? Are we supposed to have one of those? God, I am so crap at this. I think I did mail out some agent queries at some point, so I must have got some rejection letters. I don’t even know that...
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The Ninety-Ten Rule
Before we get started, I advise you to ignore everything I say; I haven’t the foggiest idea how to write commercial books or get an agent. Sorry. But I do have a piece of advice I got from someone much...
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