I popped in to today’s YAlitchat, and read one anonymous poster’s theory that agents can be ethical or effective, but not both. Now, that was less than an hour ago, and that user no longer exists on Twitter, so possibly they were just there to brew a little ha ha. But it raised a [...]
As Rexroth and I prepare to enter the cave of new parenthood, I thought it was getting a little quiet here on ye olde blog, so I’m digging through the archives to find some of my favorite posts from years past. Enjoy!
GrammarGirl writes:
I have this “friend,” see. Her kind and warm agent found her after [...]
I tweeted a bit about this earlier, but I thought I could share my thoughts on the subject in a little more detail here. And, after all, it wouldn’t hurt to have this information easily searchable in the future.
So, say you’re an author with multiple submissions out to agents — maybe a few queries, [...]
I’m working on the assumption that most of my current readers may not be the same ones who were reading me back when I first started this blog, but if any of you are long-time readers (and I mean LONG time), I apologize for the repeats. For the rest of you, here’s another look [...]
Corinne writes to ask:
Could you maybe shed some light on why an agent might love a certain genre, but choose not to represent it?
For example, in your bio on the site, you say that you’re interested in urban fantasy and would love work by, say, Joss Whedon, but it’s not what you’re looking for as [...]
