Sentences with phrase «agents do»

But agents do often have more wiggle room in their schedules than other professionals.

So what about the backdoor routes to an agent — those ways that agents don't talk about and writers are reluctant to admit to.

I think a lot of writers have a clear understanding of what agents do on the front end of traditional publishing.

The problem with awards, most often, is that agents don't know where they come from, how big the pool of entries was, or who judged them.

That is what agents do.

Courtney Milan (a client of Kristin Nelson) has a great series of posts about that agent / publisher conflict of interest and why, if agents do too much for clients, they are publishers, whether they use that term or not.

I don't actively search them for clients, but other agents do, I believe.

Well, my story is that I self - published «Letter to a Prohibitionist» on Amazon because I've come to accept the publishing fact, as demonstrated by numerous works on the subject before mine, that books on the War on Drugs don't sell — and therefore agents don't ask to see the manuscript.

If agents don't do it, then readers may have to find a way to crowdsource the task: http://ashleyzacharias.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/the-crowdsourced-literary-agent/

Agents don't get paid until when / if they make a deal.Even the rich and famous do it.

Things are really really stagnant in the US market now, and agents do these crazy things like demand that you send them stuff but not send it to anyone else for the next X number of months.

Literary agents don't often take a chance on an unknown author, even if your book is already in print.

And what do agents do when they receive this genre from new authors?

There is a good reason they didn't get published and agents don't want to deal with failed projects.

And if there's a single term for what agents do up ahead, «manager» seems to be part of it.

As a former magazine writer and editor, I pay special attention to queries from journalists and columnists, and I believe many other agents do, too.

Please do not clog the feed by over pitching so agents don't get frustrated and quit reading.

However, you should know that literary agents don't really care about your hobbies, your hardships, your family, or any other aspect of your personal life unless it relates directly to your novel.

If the authors do well, the agents do well, and vice versa.

Submitting queries for novellas, short story collections, poetry or textbooks will usually turn a literary agent off, as most literary agents do not represent such things.

Reputable literary agents do not deal with short stories or poetry except for maybe as a favor to an already established author.

While it's relatively easy to research long term agents, newer agents don't leave the same kind of paper trail.

In most cases, these agents do not exert any real effort at all to sell your book.

Agents do not have enough time to read through countless novels, let alone give detailed explanations of why they have rejected them.

When an author brags, grovels, and generally exposes his lack of professionalism, literary agents don't pay any attention to his work.

Also keep in mind: Reputable literary agents DO NOT charge fees for simply reading or reviewing your manuscript.

Keep in mind that legitimate literary agents do not charge professional fees or representation fees; agents only get paid once an editor publishes the writer's book.

However, many agents don't read that far, especially if the first chapter wasn't good enough.

Literary agents do, though, cost money, but you have to consider that if you do land that lucrative book deal then it is well worth the investment, and would you have landed a book deal without their help?

Lit Agents don't just work for authors — some service pubs too.

Today, we'll kick that off with a little introduction to some the things agents do... and a few they don't.

Also, most book agents don't handle screenplays, short films, or commercials, so by putting any emphasis on these, you may inadvertently suggest that you don't understand our business.

Literary agents do not usually accept manuscripts from an unknown writer, either.

This workshop covers what agents do, how to determine if you need an agent, and how to find the right one.

To many authors» surprise, she self - published it, learning what independent authors deal with in the process and making herself smarter about a side of the business many agents don't see up close.

Not to mention the amount of editorial work we agents do in order to sell a work, and sometimes on the back end as well.

And in this piece, as in so many, she's not an apologist for herself or other agents, but she is a straightforward, honest voice from inside that collective office, willing to tell her blog readership more than many agents do.

Literary agents don't agree on what «good» self - publishing sales figures are.

And even worse, writers let agents do the negotiating, agents without legal degrees who can't practice law but do so anyway, and who are more concerned about keeping the publisher happy then helping the writer.

Reputable literary agents do not charge a fee for any of their services.

Many new writers limit their queries to small or new or never - heard - of -»em agencies because they believe, or have been told, that established agents don't work with first - time writers.

And if — as many amateur or fraudulent agents do — the agent uses obviously unprofessional methods (submitting substandard or inappropriate material, «blitz» submitting to a dozen or more editors at once, using form letters, using the client's own query letter, including a «marketing» plan with a novel submission, «bundling» several queries in a single submission... the list goes on) the editor will immediately tag them as questionable and toss their submission aside.

Apparently most forwarding agents don't like dealing with non-standard web - shops.

Now, when they receive something from an author, the first thing many agents do is is google the author's name and look for a social media presence.

I love my writer's group, but they are VERY pro-self-publishing (which I may do), but if agents do request your ms, you can gain insights that a beta reader or writing peer may not give.

Agents don't always pick up on some of the things that should matter.

Most agents don't even want to represent novels that need work.

Agents don't usually get in the middle of things while the book is being edited and published, unless something goes off the rails.)

But I think sometimes agents don't talk enough about the encouraging query letters.

But agents do so much more than that.