Someone who represents a writer to publishers.
Someone who represents a writer to publishers. Questions about how to find one, whether to employ one, what an agent does.
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Other than find a publisher for your work, what do agents do?
A lot of people recommend agents. I've heard advice that an agent's job involves a lot more than just finding a publisher for your novel, but no one really says what else their job entails. What else does an agent do that makes them so valuable?
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Should I mention a small platform in a query letter?
I run a very small encyclopedia website that gets ~1k visitors per day. My articles have been cited by CNN, NBC, and The Independent (i.e., my website was one of twenty links that articles from these platforms included)
I just finished writing a…
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Literary agent terms
I've been trying to find a literary agent, but I've been coming across some terms that are foreign to me. I have a clue on what they mean, but would like to have more clarification.
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Serious fiction
High quality fiction or quality…
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Is it possible to find authors' agents?
I am trying to locate agents in my area of writing, so as to better target the limited amount of queries I'm sending. There are several other writers writing in similar genres/niches, and I would be interested in contacting their agents, who…
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