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How I Got My Agent: J. Kent Messum
“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the Guide to Literary Agents Blog, with this installment featuring J. Kent Messum, author of BAIT. These columns are great ways for you to learn how to...
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The 2014 Guide to Literary Agents is Out! Here are 44 Reasons to Buy It (and...
The book is out and available everywhere books or sold — in major bookstores and online! The new 2014 edition of the Guide to Literary Agents is out, all updated and packed with info. I realize there...
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How I Got My Agent: Elizabeth Huergo, Author of THE DEATH OF FIDEL PEREZ
“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the Guide to Literary Agents Blog, with this installment featuring Elizabeth Huergo, author of THE DEATH OF FIDEL PEREZ. These columns are great ways for...
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How I Got My Agent: Steph Cha, Author of FOLLOW HER HOME
“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the Guide to Literary Agents Blog, with this installment featuring Steph Cha, author of FOLLOW HER HOME, a mystery. These columns are great ways for you...
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How I Got My Agent: M.V. Freeman, Author of INCANDESCENT
“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the Guide to Literary Agents Blog, with this installment featuring M.V. Freeman, author of INCANDESCENT. These columns are great ways for you to learn how...
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How I Got My Agent: Sara Polsky
“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the Guide to Literary Agents Blog, with this installment featuring Sara Polsky, author of THIS IS HOW I FIND HER. These columns are great ways for you to...
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How I Got My Agent: Steve Weddle
“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the Guide to Literary Agents Blog, with this installment featuring Steve Weddle, author of COUNTRY HARDBALL. These columns are great ways for you to learn...
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How I Got My Literary Agent: A. Lynden Rolland
“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the Guide to Literary Agents Blog, with this installment featuring A. Lynden Rolland, author of the YA supernatural novel OF BREAKABLE THINGS. These...
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11 Steps to Finding the Agent Who’ll Love Your Book
I was ready. I had an edited manuscript. I had a tiered list of agents. I had a spreadsheet. I’d read every scrap of information about getting an agent, and I was prepared, at last, to submit my novel....
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The 2015 Guide to Literary Agents is Out! Here are 47 Reasons to Buy It (and...
The book is out and available everywhere books or sold — in major bookstores and online! The new 2015 edition of the Guide to Literary Agents is out, all updated and packed with info. I realize there...
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The 2016 Guide to Literary Agents is Out! Here are 50 Reasons to Buy It (and...
The book is out and available everywhere books or sold — in major bookstores and online (WD Shop, Amazon, Bn.com)! The new 2016 edition of the Guide to Literary Agents is out, all updated and packed...
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Agents Renew Call For Diverse Books and #OwnVoices Submissions
As November 2016 has progressed, some literary agents and editors on Twitter have put out direct calls (or renewed previous calls) for diverse book submissions using hashtags such as #diversebooks and...
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What To Know Before You Submit: 28 Great Tips from Literary Agents
(This is Part 1 of a three-part series to kickstart your awesome 2017. Part 2 is a roundup of query letter submission tips, and Part 3 is a list of literary agent pet peeves.) 2017 is here, and that...
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38 Query Letter Tips from Literary Agents
(This is Part 2 of a three-part series to kickstart your awesome 2017. Part 1 is a roundup of what to do before you submit, and Part 3 is a list of literary agent pet peeves.) Your first contact with a...
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Agent Pet Peeves: Review These 34 Submission No-No’s Before You Query
(This is Part 3 of a three-part series to kickstart your awesome 2017. Part 1 is a list of tips concerning what to do before you submit, and part 2 is a roundup of query letter advice.) Ah, agent pet...
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5 Tips for Querying & Choosing a Literary Agent
So you’re in the query trenches. You’ve been gritting your teeth through this process for months, weeks, years, millennia, and suddenly, an e-mail comes in with the golden ticket: OFFER OF...
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When to Search for a Literary Agent
Literary agents represent writers who want to submit their manuscripts to traditional publishers. Agents manage the submission process and negotiate the resulting contract. Here’s what else they might...
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11 Authors Discuss the Road to Getting a Literary Agent
Finding an agent who will take a chance on your book can be a challenge, and a lengthy one at that. If you’re struggling, here are some words of wisdom from celebrated authors—including Helen Hoang,...
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Sage Advice: 8 Literary Agents Share Their Best Tips for Getting Published Today
There wasn’t enough space in print to include every pearl of wisdom our literary agents shared in this year’s annual agent round-up. Find useful advice for getting published in this online feature, and...
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The Writer’s Digest Podcast, Episode 7: Ask the Agent — Interview with...
Welcome, welcome, writers! From fiction to nonfiction, whatever your genre persuasion—be it shark thrillers written by marine biologists or upmarket literary novels about carts before horses—the...
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