Sentences with phrase «agents and editors wanted»

Agents and editors want to be given information in a clear and concise manner.

Not exact matches

Winning the Debut Dagger doesn't guarantee publication, but the contest's organizers send out the shortlisted titles to any agents and editors who want a look at them.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I often receive questions from writers who are looking to hire an independent editor to polish their manuscripts, either for self - publication or for submission to agents and publishers, and want to know w... -LSB-...]

If you follow these guidelines, any book agent or book editor will be pleased with your effort (and want to read your book).

There are actual «pitch lists» you can sign up for as well, which allot around 10 minutes for you to meet one - on - one with an agent or editor and discuss why they should want to represent your book.

But lately, a lot of self published authors are answering calls from agents and editors who want them to consider a traditional publishing deal.

If you want your editors, cover designers, agents, and so on to keep quiet about your current project, have them sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement.

Bizarrely, 3 of my 4 agents also balked at sending my work to editors who had specifically told — me - they wanted to see it (and who usually did indeed make me offers when I sent the work there myself).

Our experienced fiction and nonfiction editors know what agents and publishers want and will provide a detailed, written critique of your opening, a candid assessment of whether or not your work is ready for the marketplace, and specific suggestions to make your opening more captivating.

And if you want to traditionally publish, you'll be disappointed when agents or acquisitions editors reject your project because they feel the time is not yet right.

-- Jeff Herman's Directory of Agents Editors want to help discover and develop the next bestseller as badly as you and I do.

Remember that your query is essentially a sales pitch designed to entice an agent or editor and leave her wanting to read more.

They still want gargoyles, but the agents are sick of them, the editors are sick of them, and are only looking for something radically new, something they, personally, aren't sick of and can be happily «in love» with.

And increasingly, agents today expect you to have worked with a professional editor before you submit; as well, they may want a marketing platform outlined and included along with your submissiAnd increasingly, agents today expect you to have worked with a professional editor before you submit; as well, they may want a marketing platform outlined and included along with your submissiand included along with your submission.

And that difference is the obstacle we face when we want to find an agent or editor.

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Some of us want an agent with oodles of contacts among editors and publishers.

Stop worrying about what editors or agents want and write what you want.

My two favorites are Writer's Digest Guide to Literary Agents (the 2016 issue is now available) and Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors and Literary Agents: Who They Are, What They Want, How to Win Them Over.

So there's been a lot of dinosaur thinking and fear of technology and wanting to do it the old way for publishers and agents and editors and everybody in the business because they're not math and science majors — none of them, for the most part — they're English majors.

I love creating the stories I want to write and never having to worry that an agent or editor won't like them.

Like most writers, I had always wanted the validation of seeing my book in a physical bookstore and having an agent or editor tell me they loved and believed in my work.

When my agent set out to sell my first book, Charming the Highlander, I asked her to please tell the editors she submitted it to that this time - travel gig was a one - time thing, as I really wrote contemporary romance and didn't want them to expect more magical stories from me.

Of finding a literary agent and a book editor editor and a publisher who not only want your book but also believe in it.

There are multiple reasons for self - publishing, the first usually being that the author doesn't want to jump through hoops to find an agent, an editor, and then shop around the big name publishers.

When readers, editors, or agents want to learn more about you and your writing, they're going to do an Internet search.

We will evaluate your proposal, paying attention to whether it answers the three major questions that agents, editors, and publishing sales teams want to know:

Editors / agents / publishers want to find you, and they want you to succeed.

After all, that's what every conscientious agent, editor, and publisher wants for your manuscript — to transform it into a high - quality book that you and they can be proud of.

There's all this talk about traditional publishing starting to be old fashioned and unable to keep up with the changes of our times... could it be true that these same editors and agents and publication houses are just as dragging in the times as to what their readers might want and crave and cling to?

Use the tabs above the book image to read all the details about the Conference, make a list of any editors and agents you want to meet for a manuscript critique or pitch, and then go to the Registration tab to read the instructions and use the link there to register and pay.

Since I have been through the process (fire) of publishing a book, I want to reach out to writers working on a manuscript, and encourage them to push through the writers block, accept the enormous amount of time it will take you to work with an editor to make your manuscript the best it can be, and the gigantic amount of time it will take you to research, submit and wait to hear, if you ever do, from the publishers, small presses, and literary agents who received your submission.

Use the tabs above the book image to read all of the details about the Conference, make a list of any editors and agents you want to meet for a manuscript critique or pitch, and then go to the Registration tab to read the instructions and use the link there to register and pay.

My editor wrote my agent last month to say that print sales had decreased (I've no doubt... they're only a fraction of my digital sales for my self - published books) and Penguin Random House wanted to stop printing the series.

If you have a self - published work you want to pitch or get critiqued but aren't sure whether the agent (s) / editor (s) you have in mind would be receptive, contact Atlanta Writers Conference Director George Weinstein at [email protected] and he will ask for you.

Want to save money and time when using a professional editor (which every author should do) or before you send a manuscript to an agent or publisher?

Continue to pitch your work to agents and editors if you want to go the traditional route.

I noticed that too... not that if you want to traditionally publish, you should go self publish first, or that all self published people want that deal... but yeah, if someone is doing really well self publishing, they have agents and editors knocking on their door.

The very best books from the very best writers get published; books get sold; and writers, agents, editors, publishers, etc. get what they want: money.

Facebook is not recommended if you want to get in contact with literary agents and editors.

Most writers want to meet agents and editors of literary journals and publishing houses in order to make it easier to submit their works.

Literary agents and editors will no doubt want to scoop it up (and snag their share of profits).

An author, an agent, a publisher, and an editor explore the often difficult path to selling a story collection — when what most publishers want is a novel.

From teachers, to critique partners, to agents, editors, reviewers, and the reading public, wanted and unwanted feedback is as ingrained in the work as pen and paper.

However, it's not unheard of, and the instinct to have your work looked at is a good one, as you really want to get it into the best possible shape you can before submitting it to any agents, magazines, or book editors.

When editors and agents say they want «the same, but different» this is what they mean: they want something fresh, that still fulfills the same visceral emotional needs the readers expect from tried - and - true genre, tropes, and archetypes.

If you're submitting your work to an agent, editor, or ultimately to a reader, they'll need to see a first page that grabs them and makes them want to go for the second, the third, and the fourth page and beyond, all the way to the end, without having to try to figure out who is what.

But what I really want to comment on is your description of the agent's role after she has helped not only to sell but to first refine that first manuscript: «It's her job to... foster a relationship between the author and the editor and in turn the editor's publicity and marketing department...,» etcetera.

You want readers, editors, and literary agents to be able to get in touch with you — but you also want to keep your personal information safe.

Many writers have learned the hard way that agents and acquisition editors at commercial houses don't want a manuscript that's not ready for prime time.