Sentences with phrase «as literary agent with»

Cynthia Ruchti is an author as well as literary agent with Books & Such.

Not exact matches

Instead literary agent John Brockman has posited a «third culture,» of scientists who communicate directly with the public about their work in media such as books without the intervening assistance of literary types.

How do you see the laying - off of so many in - house editors in the past couple of years affecting the work you both do, and how these new independents with publishing contacts and skills will play out in the workforce — both as literary agents and as independent editors — in the next few years?

Unlike the more desirable established book agents, new book agents are often thought of as a last resort by authors, a «second option» that should only be considered after striking out with more established literary agencies.

In addition to what I mentioned above in terms of what attracts a literary agent to an author, once an author has gone as far as they can go with the writing / editing of the manuscript and honed in on a knock - out query letter / hook, then it is time to begin the process of querying a literary agent.

New literary agents looking for clients are often thought of as a last resort by authors, a «second option» that should only be considered after striking out with more established literary agents.

As a literary agent, I've been working with successful and tech - savvy author clients for decades, to find their interested audience and increase visibility and sales.

«After sending out the query Mark revised for me, I had the opportunity to speak with literary agents from top agencies such as Janklow & Nesbit, Trident Media, Anderson Lit, and Folio.

By the way, this is the same idea / approach that I used when writing pitch letters as a literary agent, and it's the same approach I use now when providing someone with a Query Letter Critique.

As an author coach, I've helped authors with zero platform get literary agents and book deals, but... it's a lot EASIER if you have some type of platform.

With over twenty - five years as a business owner, Victoria is excited to help grow the agency's client base with talented writers and illustrators, while also helping build the agency from within with motivated agents who possess the same ideals, literary interests, goals, and approaches to the indusWith over twenty - five years as a business owner, Victoria is excited to help grow the agency's client base with talented writers and illustrators, while also helping build the agency from within with motivated agents who possess the same ideals, literary interests, goals, and approaches to the induswith talented writers and illustrators, while also helping build the agency from within with motivated agents who possess the same ideals, literary interests, goals, and approaches to the induswith motivated agents who possess the same ideals, literary interests, goals, and approaches to the industry.

«After sending out the book query Mark revised for me, I had the opportunity to speak with literary agents from top agencies such as Janklow & Nesbit, Trident Media, Anderson Lit, and Folio.

As a literary agent, she is looking for new voices, character - driven fiction or nonfiction works that reflect an engagement with the world around us, literary thrillers, memoirs, YA literature and graphic novels.

As a literary agent, I've negotiated 200 + contracts with more than 20 publishers, and worked with more than 100 authors to bring their books to publication and build their careers.

But, as any writer with a book project will tell you, capturing the attention and interest of a literary agent is easier said than done.

«Whenever I see a literary agent sitting in a restaurant with that smug little look of omnipotence as he fussily picks at his food, I just feel an urge to run up to his table and belt him in the face.»

Literary agencies will usually have what's called an «Agent Clause» inserted in your publishing contract, listing the agency and / or agent as the official «Agent - of - Record» for the deal, along with the appropriate literary agent commission and the agent's contact information.

Most literary agents are overloaded with emails as it is.

Should you work with an established literary agent or a new one (the answer isn't as simple as you might think)?

* Top literary agents work full - time, have many years of experience, and treat their profession as serious business (they aren't part - time agents with second jobs to make ends meet and they don't think of agenting as a hobby).

Too many people see the people within the industry — the literary agents, editors, booksellers, etc. — as overly picky gatekeepers, armed with a «no» for every unsuspecting writer who approaches them.

Laurie McLean, an agent with Larsen Pomada Literary Agents in San Francisco, spent more than 25 years in high - tech publicity and marketing before she started her career as a literary agent.

Approved by my agent at the time, I signed a traditional contract a few years ago with publisher Aflame Books, whose backlist (of twenty literary fiction titles in their first English translations) was about to be supplemented by a new imprint for original - English - language fiction, starting with my novel The Imagination Thief as this imprint's launch title.

Now, with eleven distinct imprints and a staff of editors nearly thirty - strong, Kirshbaum is leaving Amazon Publishing and returning to his former role as a literary agent.

As stated above, nearly all fiction authors do require representation of a literary agent if their book is to be produced by a traditional publishing house, and that is also true with some forms of general non-fiction too (such as histories, memoirs and biographiesAs stated above, nearly all fiction authors do require representation of a literary agent if their book is to be produced by a traditional publishing house, and that is also true with some forms of general non-fiction too (such as histories, memoirs and biographiesas histories, memoirs and biographies).

Beth: Now that digital publishing has taken hold in the book publishing business, such that virtually anyone with a manuscript and $ 1000 can publish a book, how has this affected your business as a literary agent?

During the process, Cris researched dozens of agencies and hundreds of literary agents, cross-checking with agents Writer's Digest showcased in previous editions of the feature while also ensuring that as many genres were as well - represented as possible.

I have four years of editing experience and have helped many clients sign with literary agents, several of whom have gone on to sell to Big Five publishers, as well as hit the USA Today Bestsellers» list.

As someone who works with literary agents day in day out, I get to hear the behind - the - scenes reasons why agents reject manuscripts.

I have six years of editing experience and have helped many clients sign with literary agents, several of whom have gone on to sell to Big Five publishers, as well as hit the USA Today Bestsellers» list and more.

I have six years of editing experience and have helped many clients sign with literary agents, several of whom have gone on to sell to Big Five publishers, as well as hit the USA Today Bestsellers» list.

Our editors are carefully selected, with at least ten years of professional experience working directly with publishers, literary agents, various publications - as well as having published their own work.

I'm all about the instant gratification; I started out as a writer using golfball typewriters, and communicated with my publishers and literary agent via airmail letters, and telegrams.

As of this moment, five manuscript critique spots and 25 pitch spots with various acquisition editors and literary agents are available, and our other activities all have some open seats: the workshop on legal issues for writers, query letter critique, editor Q&A panel, and agent Q&A panel.

Inkubate, a new approach to the slush pile, is a website that will give authors an access portal to upload any or all of their manuscripts for free with the knowledge that agents and publishers will be scouring the site's files looking for great literary content; for a fee, that is, as the agents and publishers will be charged a subscription fee to be allowed to peruse the manuscripts.

Interestingly, several literary agents will be speaking as well, namely on how the transition to digital affects authors and their relationships with publishers.

While Alexander seemed to feel that this process was not exactly benign, likening it to the practices of music industry or film industry agents instead of literary agents, one agent stated that it was entirely ethical as long as the author knew about it when signing with the agency and had agreed to it.

I have yet to dabble in the difficult task of sending my writing to a literary agent, but I found a lot of your advice helpful in regard to keeping my morale up as my inbox fills with rejection notices from literary magazines.

Once you've finished writing your book, you'll also have to deal with rejection from literary agents and editors, as well as negative reviews from readers.

Let's explore a few facts that you should become aware of as you begin to work with your literary agent:

Although he has an extensive background in the music business, including artist management, development and career consulting, he found his true calling in 2005, beginning working with authors as a literary agent.

At any rate, he does have knowledge of the industry, and he does provide some solid info on his website (along with some dubious info — for instance, there's no such thing as «the 50 best literary agencies» since the best agent for one writer could be the worst agent for another).

A writer who doesn't have an up - to - date online presence won't be able to connect with readers, editors, or literary agents as easily and effectively as one who has an active author platform.

Imagine if those cryptic rejection letters from literary agents came with a decoder wheel — something that left you a bit more information, some guidance as to what you're doing wrong, or almost right?

However, traditional publishers and literary agents just don't bother with some genres as fictional / fantasy, and pitching to them is an eternal wait with no feedback at all.So why bother?

Writers submit to literary agents in the same way as they do to editors — with a sales pitch, which is called a query letter, and a SASE.

A literary agent's primary function is to connect an author with a publisher, but he also functions as a mediator between writers and publishers when it comes to discussing problems, contract negotiations, and payment of royalties, to name a few.

Take advantage of ABI's personal contacts with reviewers, book chains and distributors, and TV and radio producers, as well as ABI's database of over 250,000 media outlets and nearly 10,000 literary agents, publishing firms, Hollywood agents, TV and movie producers, actors and production studios.

Of course there are a few things typical to most every day in the life of a literary agent, such as reading query letters, meeting / calls / lunches / drinks with editors and publishers as well as clients, pitching manuscripts to publishers, meeting with film / TV companies to adapt books for the screen, attending conferences / workshops, looking for new talent, etc..

Just prior to that he was a literary agent for three years with Scott Meredith, Inc., representing such clients as Norman Mailer, Arthur C. Clark, Robert Bloch and Evan Hunter.