I'll be requiring every new
author client I take on to read this, and tell me where they stand on each issue you raise.
Not exact matches
Most literary agents receive thousands of queries each year from aspiring
authors, but
take on only a handful of new
clients.
Once you've received a final quote for your project, there are usually terms listed or provided, such as whether payment is required up front (it usually is for new
clients or
authors), how long it will
take to produce the books from the time you provide the files, what kind of proofs you'll receive, whether shipping costs are included or additional, and so
on.
I would imagine many agencies who currently entertain the idea of publishing their
clients» work but have yet to
take the leap are hesitating because they acknowledge the immense gap between the idea and its implementation, between the huge number of hours and any return
on investment, between the promised land of John Locke's millions and a single
author's first venture into non-traditional publishing.
Bonnet admits that this is one of the many things that agents and editors in a traditional publishing model
take on for their
clients on a larger scale, giving the
author more time for writing.
Staff designers frequently cross over, creating a jacket for their own publisher one week, freelancing for another house the next week and
taking on an indie
author client the week after that.
I won't
take any book
on unless I feel like I can succeed — it's not about the number of
clients for me, it's about the work itself and if I'm a good fit for that book and
author.
Those who followed the debut of the O'Reilly Tools of Change
Author (R) evolution Day conference in New York last month are familiar, for example, with agent Jason Allen Ashlock's positioning of this new stance as the «radical advocacy» of an industry professional whose partnership with
clients can
take on new depths and collaborative detail.
(She'd be happy to answer any questions you have about being an
Author Assistant, but she's not
taking on new
clients at this time.)
We can provide a synopsis and query letter (at no extra charge to our book writing
clients, upon request), but you have to be able to ignore rejection after rejection to eventually find the publisher ready to
take a chance
on a new
author on the strength of your manuscript alone.
Posts — most of which are in video form — are either directed at answering the questions of potential
clients facing criminal charges in Arizona, offer the
author's
take on legal issues facing celebrities in the news, or cover the
author's own successes in court.
With all that said, you should know that there are lawyers — this
author included — who do
take on clients on a limited, task - by - task retainer.
Sandra Lamb, a career expert and
author of How to Write It,
takes a number of factors into consideration when advising her
clients on writing this type of letter or placing this type of phone call.
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on helping her
clients achieve their goals.