Not exact matches
Depending on what your publisher has planned for your book (which an
editor often
shares with you and your
agent 6 months to a year before your book launches), and depending on your budget, a freelance publicist (who usually works on fewer books at any time than an in - house publicist) can supplement
or enhance what your in - house publicist will be doing.
Meet as many authors and
editors and publishers and
agents as you can, take them to coffee if you can, and ask them every question that you can (do not ask them to read your book, help you get a contract,
or help you sell it — just ask them to
share what they know, and thank them with coffee and a nice hand - written note).
You've encountered these before: why it's essential to get an
agent, how to attract the
agent, why you need to revise, revise, and revise again, how a writer's critique group can provide useful feedback, why it helps to
share your manuscript with editing professionals (developmental
editors for plot and style problems, line
or copy
editors for making the grammar and syntax road - worthy)... and all the rest.
If an
agent has been in business for a couple of years and has no real track record (
or won't
share sales information — a major red flag) it's a strong indication that he doesn't have the skills
or the contacts needed to get
editors» attention.
In reply to Frank Binder's Letter to the
Editor (May) in connection with his fear of another
agent exposing his listings to the market via various ways
or advertising: I find Mr. Binder's comments a thin veil to hold his listings to himself and not
share them with others.