The career novelist
Choosing an agent Given that, why do some well-established writers stay in place? Perhaps because they are comfortable doing bus ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST The Celebrity Agent. This agent earned her nickname not because of the many movie stars whose autobiographie ...
Choosing an agent is in five figures—not bad. Most are happy, except when they write out of genre. The Career Builder has a spot ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST An agent is more than his or her reputation. Your research should start, not end, with his or her client lis ...
Choosing an agent this need to escape signify? Is he just daydreaming? Is he tem- porarily burned out, or does he have chronic c ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST Another beef one hears about some big agencies is that they only want to package "in-house." That is, if a h ...
Choosing an agent die. However, not all agents have the same work capacity, and not all clients need the same level of service. ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST is the right agent for me?" Much better the right agent at 15 percent than the wrong one at 10. Having said ...
Choosing an agent market and stalwartly buy and sell stocks based on their "fundamen- tal" merits, such as the company's outlook ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST Brokers vs. Editors. A top science fiction author once told me, "I don't like agents who edit. My agent's jo ...
5 CHAPTER More on Choosing an Agent THE SEARCH AND HOW IT FEELS IF YOU ARE A NEW AUTHOR, THE FIRST THING TO REALIZE AS you searc ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST Panicky notes accompany these rewrites. The notes implore me to "DISREGARD THE EARLIER VERSION!" How much di ...
More on choosing an agent You have to start somewhere. Where? Well, deciding on your cri- teria is probably a good place to begi ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST necessarily, especially if your novel is one in a catalogue of hun- dreds. To an agent small sales can matte ...
More on choosing an agent other genre authors. Check the reference section of your local bookstore. Still, even in-depth agency ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST PROTOCOL QUESTIONS There are many common worries. Should you send an outline with your query? Common sense: ...
More on choosing an agent most long-standing editor. But what is good editorial advice? That depends. If you are a facile, outli ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST Will you ever sign agreements (especially subsidiary-rights agreements) on mu behalf? Still more: Are you in ...
More on choosing an agent situation that few agency agreements cover is this one: your agent submits a project to a publisher, b ...
THE CAREER NOVELIST clients I choose potential publishers. We then follow our progress through the list, adjusting as circumstan ...
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