Sentences with phrase «editors and agents know»

Utilizing Facebook and Twitter will help maximize your exposure and let editors and agents know that you're willing to be active on these social media platforms.

A platform lets editors and agents know that people like you and you'll probably be able to sell a lot of books.

Miss Snark pronounced, «every editor and agent I know HATES memoir pitches... I'd rather shave the cat.»

Not exact matches

All - knowing as travel editors, travel agents and others in the travel trade would like to be, the world is just too big for anyone to know every detail — the best restaurants in...

I tell my clients to (temporarily) disregard the feedback in literary agent rejection letters, because, if I'm working with the author in a long - term program to help them get literary agents reading their work, I know their writing is at a high enough level that they should give the manuscript a chance before making radical revisions and / or hiring an editor.

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.

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I wish I'd known that agents and editors don't bite and they're not rubber - stamp - carrying giants eager to pound «rejection» on my query letter!

The romance market is constantly changing, so how then, are you to know what and when to submit to editors and agents?

But I was also visualizing flap copy, which I know agents and editors like to have — a sense of a logline or tagline that will crystalize the story in a reader's mind.

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Finally, we all know that the majority of submissions agents and editors get are smeared with crazy, unprofessionalism and coffee rings.

When an agent or editor take to social media and make fun of an author, especially someone trying to break into the business, they are no better than the prima donna author.

For newbies you are right as every new author needs to write, write, write for at least four years, time it takes to get a PhD in Letters before even submitting material to an agent or editor, but once any writer KNOWS intuitively that his or her novel is as good or better than James Patterson (pretty easy to better this guy) and he or she has had the novel vetted by a good independent editor / ghost writer like myself, the ebooks are the way to go, period.

Our experienced fiction and nonfiction editors know what agents and publishers want and will provide a detailed, written critique of your opening, a candid assessment of whether or not your work is ready for the marketplace, and specific suggestions to make your opening more captivating.

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).

Agents are not writers, agents can't help you rewrite, and they only know about six or seven editors and nothing at all about the new world of indie publiAgents are not writers, agents can't help you rewrite, and they only know about six or seven editors and nothing at all about the new world of indie publiagents can't help you rewrite, and they only know about six or seven editors and nothing at all about the new world of indie publishing.

If your freelance editor attends conferences or is a member of any of these organizations, it shows that he or she is in touch with editors, agents, and writers, and knows what the current trends are.

The agent's aren't seeing what you and all your friends / beta readers see... You know you have the money to invest in an editor and are willing to put the time in to do the marketing... then go for it.

Hell's bells, if we have to make sure we send an edited manuscript to our agents and editors before they «edit» it — and yes, there are a number of authors who pay freelance editors to go over their work before submitting it because they know there will be no real editing done by their editors at certain legacy publishers — and we have to do our own marketing and promotion and do it on our own dime, why are we giving legacy publishers the majority of money earned by our hard work?

Someone writing for that market might be rejected time and again by editors and agents (and I know a few) when their work was just fine.

Human beings (yes, I'm including New York editors and publishers in that category) prefer working with people (including literary agents) that they know, like, trust, and respect.

In this process over the next five to ten years, the slush pile will almost vanish as we know it now and editors will go mostly to solicited novels, either from agents who have published their clients work or from indie publishers.

I know how carefully agents, editors, and publishers» sales and marketing staffs review proposal marketing and promotion sections, and I've tried to share that with you.

No matter what anyone tells you (like that agent you've been talking to in Wichita, KS), it's much easier for a New York literary agent to meet (or be introduced to) editors and publishers.

If you don't know the name of an editor or a specific agent at an agency, address your envelope or email if that's what they prefer) to the Submissions Editor, and art samples to the Art Direditor or a specific agent at an agency, address your envelope or email if that's what they prefer) to the Submissions Editor, and art samples to the Art DirEditor, and art samples to the Art Director.

It has been an honor to know so many of the people in this community from authors and book editors to literary agents and book store owners, and the associations supporting every corner of the business.»

Besides, we all have too many reading choices now, and just like agents and editors, we're often looking for a reason to say «no.»

In most cases, agents and editors don't know whether your book will be worth reading.

With the huge increase in agents, editors stopped paying much attention to the agents and most of the new agents, unless personal friends with the editor, got their client's manuscripts as far as an editor's slush pile (if they bothered to mail it to an editor they didn't know).

A wise woman I know once pointed out that if agents and editors are gatekeepers, you must remember that gates are meant to be opened, too.

Unless you've been living in a cave for the past few years, you probably know that the game of book publishing has changed, for all players — authors, publishers, editors, literary agents, and even publicists.

We will evaluate your proposal, paying attention to whether it answers the three major questions that agents, editors, and publishing sales teams want to know:

There are a lot more agents and editors out there that haven't rejected me, and I have more than one manuscript to send, so it's way too soon to give up on even those who have said no.

I know at least one writer who has received an offer from there unagented (the smart cookie thanked the editor for the offer and got herself an agent to negotiate the deal points, stat), and they regularly take pitches at writing conferences I've attended.

No doubt you've done some reading up on the agents and editors you plan to pitch.

The good news (great news, really) is that agents and editors are human beings, and I have never known one to actually bite an author in public.

First, the terminology — line editing, copy editing, proofreading — seems to mean something slightly different to every author, editor, publisher, magazine, agent, and online journal, and this makes it tough for the author seeking an editor to know exactly what it is they're asking for.

The more you know going in, the more prepared you'll be to talk intelligently with the agent or editor, ask the right questions, and look like the professional you are.

Terry has been a magazine editor, an author, a former literary agent and now an acquisitions book editor, he knows the inside scoop.

My editor wrote my agent last month to say that print sales had decreased (I've no doubt... they're only a fraction of my digital sales for my self - published books) and Penguin Random House wanted to stop printing the series.

So, get to know your story because the rewards of doing so will be recognized and lauded by beta readers, editors and agents.

I would network, become known, and learn how to handle myself in a room full of successful authors, editors and agents.

However if you are a new author looking to approach an agent, Twitter is a very useful tool to enable you to get to know an agent or editors likes and dislikes, but it is NOT the place to query an agent.

If an agent offers to represent you but says your manuscript needs editing and says they know a freelance editor you can hire, check to see what sort of relationship might exist between the agent and editor.

Getting into traditional publishing now takes either guts to send a package to editors directly or the writer has to find an agent who loves a book and knows what they are doing.

Editors are well aware of how many incompetent and / or fraudulent agents there are; it's one of many reasons they prefer to work with agents they know, personally or by reputation.

Agents and editors will be glad to know their efforts to publish your work will be supplemented by your vigorous marketing efforts.

The hordes of agents and editors who used to scour slushpiles and sift through query letters were all trained to know what the marketing departments were looking for, to the point that if your manuscript didn't fit a market niche or pigeon hole it had little or no chance of attracting attention.

Laurie Harper has over 30 years» experience in publishing, known to editors, agents, and authors alike.