Sentences with phrase «agent and editor interest»

To reduce your bounce rate, you need to make sure your author platform is optimized to attract agent and editor interest in those first critical seconds.

Agents and publishers are looking for various things, so when you look into attending a conference, make sure there will be agents and editors interested in your genre.

Not exact matches

More important, agents spend enormous amounts of time making and cultivating trusting relationships with editors, so they know just who would be most interested in a particular type of work.

Here are my numbers: 37 queries and submissions to agents and editors, 36 eventual rejections, 10 expressions of interest along the way, 4 writers» conferences, 2 years of trying to sell my book, 1 acceptance.

Since an agent's main job is to become familiar with the interests of acquiring editors and executives at the major publishing houses, and sell them books, it makes sense for most agents to live in New York.

Of those 10 expressions of interest 9 came from agents and editors I met and pitched at the Atlanta Writers Conference ---- only one came from a cold - call query.

Profiles of small publishers or agents who are interested in your genre (take them from websites — you don't have to bother the agents and editors)

It's worth reading this sort of thing and learning what editors and agents are seeing too much of, and what they're particularly interested in acquiring.

I'm glad to see they are of interest to editors, agents, and publishers alike.

It will be considered «previously published» by the publishing establishment, so agents and editors won't be interested in it.

Writers» literary agents are also intimate with the diverse interests and backlists of editors and publishers in your genre.

However, as I wrote HOPE ROAD and worked with my editor / agent on editing it, I got more and more interested in the burgeoning ebook market.

Donald Maass, literary agent and author of many books on writing, says, «Independent editor Ray Rhamey's first - page checklist is an excellent yardstick for measuring what makes openings interesting.»

If your agent seems more worried about keeping their relationship with editors and publishers than in looking after your best interests, reconsider just who that agent is serving.

Pro: Your short story collection can boost your author platform by generating interest in all your writing projects, whether they're self - published or being submitted to agents and editors.

Simply this: Editors, agents, and readers of all ages are turning to the Internet and social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest to learn more about authors they're interested in.

• Meet and pitch new agents and editors who will hopefully be interested in receiving a query letter and pages on my two novels

Writers hoping to catch the interest of a traditional publishing house were being advised by agents and editors and critique - group chatterboxes that a gigantic social media platform was an absolute necessity for success!

Traditionally published authors depend on it to gain the interest of agents and editors.

Be that as it may (and don't start me down the Snooki path), presumably the literary agents were gatekeepers of quality, who then passed their clients» wares to publishers, who further thinned the herd, resulting in a clumsy industry algorithm that spat out books at the opposite end of the sausage machine — and the presumption was those books were competently written, would be of interest to someone, and were executed in a superior fashion; professional cover designers drew up art, professional editors checked grammar and punctuation and spelling, etc..

Their support and interest kept her writing, even in the years when agents and editors sent back nothing but rejections.

Columbus is noted for O. Henry and James Thurber, brooding gargoyles, «unicorns in gardens», and is home to a global community of authors, editors, publishers, artists, agents, and others who share a serious interest in fantastic literature and art.

Integrating Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest into your website shows literary agents and editors that you interact with fans and can promote your writing to a built - in, interested audience.

As literary agents and editors read through your work, they might — if interested — do a quick Google or Internet search on your name to see what comes up.

Most literary agents, editors, and readers are interested in getting to know the person behind the pen.

Agents have in - depth knowledge of the publishing industry and will know which editors / publishers are most likely to be interested in your work.

Harder to land an agent (many of whom won't even respond to queries they aren't interested in anymore); agents are flooded by queries; submissions from agents take much longer to be evaluated by editors; publishers are much more risk - averse and seemingly chasing after the same trends.

Let potential agents, editors, and readers get to know the real you: Share your interests and -LSB-...]

EH: It's interesting but when I started almost 20 years ago, there weren't so many agents handling children's books, and the YA / teen market was much smaller than it is now, so there were fewer kids book agents and the author - editor relationship was forged directly, and there was a lot of intimacy in that.

Let potential agents, editors, and readers get to know the real you: Share your interests and inspirations.

An article in the March 12, 2008, Wall Street Journal describes Borders Bookstores decision to display books with front covers facing out poses several interesting challenges and opportunities for authors, literary agents, editors, and publicists.

Many of the published authors I know have sought representation elsewhere, such as the US or UK, or have attracted the attention of editors via competitions and only become agented once they have a publisher's interest, and yet several of these have become internationally best - selling authors — though their names continue to be barely recognised in Australia, except by devoted fans.

Finally, I must stress that the paths she enumerates are interesting but if the writing is not good enough for someone to pay you, either the writing is not ready (almost universally the case) or it has not found the right agent and editor.