Sentences with phrase «editors and agents there»

I've often blogged about the importance of conferences, but usually I've talked about the fact that you meet editors and agents there, you learn how to behave like a professional, you get great training, and eventually you meet exactly the right agent or editor and make exactly the right pitch at the right time and you get the break you need and suddenly you get published.

Not exact matches

His editor Ben Sanger (Hugh Bonneville) suspects he's a Nazi sympathizer, but Paul is there to help out old friend and fellow government agent Conner (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).

Given there are so many top female agents and editors, and that the majority of readers in this country are women.

Looking at it from the viewpoint of someone who self - publishes, there are no gatekeepers, agents and copy editors» etcetera to lean on, nor any to take what you have written off your hands and hopefully turn it into a winner.

When it comes to novel openings, there are common problems that agents and editors seem to notice often.

There are actual «pitch lists» you can sign up for as well, which allot around 10 minutes for you to meet one - on - one with an agent or editor and discuss why they should want to represent your book.

Maybe there are some agents and editors who tell us it's important.

There was a query letter critique, some Q&A sessions with an impressive list of agents and editors, some workshops and lectures, and the opportunity to pitch my work face to face to a working professional.

So there'll be fewer students at any given conference to compete for the attention of the agents and editors.

There are many excellent free - lance developmental editors out there... some are former agents and / or editors at the BigThere are many excellent free - lance developmental editors out there... some are former agents and / or editors at the Bigthere... some are former agents and / or editors at the Big Six.

There are only a few major publishers, and only a few editors with whom your agent has a relationship.

Bizarrely, 3 of my 4 agents also balked at sending my work to editors who had specifically told — me - they wanted to see it (and who usually did indeed make me offers when I sent the work there myself).

While I applaud your willingness to embrace self - publishing, what I would say about publishers and agents is two things: the first is that they act as guardians of good taste in a way, helping get important (and not - so - important) books out there, and secondly, they are crucial as editors.

We wonder if it is possible that in the coming years there will be other mechanisms put in place to ensure this separation, ironically to become a force that creates a massive subclass of titles, becoming virtually like the «bad old days» when editors and agents were the thrashers.

So there's been a lot of dinosaur thinking and fear of technology and wanting to do it the old way for publishers and agents and editors and everybody in the business because they're not math and science majors — none of them, for the most part — they're English majors.

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?

They say the Gatekeepers (agents, slush readers, and first - line editors) are there for a reason, ensuring that new product is of the highest possible quality, that they've ensured that booksellers aren't loaded down with crap (and said brick and mortar booksellers are in complete agreement, only accepting books from major, established publishing houses), and that they and their staffs produce a truly professional final product, handling editing, design, and marketing so the author only has to worry about the words.

For authors who go with a traditional publisher, the publisher does the editing, so this guest post is about whether there's value in paying someone to edit before submitting to the traditional publishing industry (agents and editors).

And finally, there were stories from aspiring authors who were at the beginning stages of their writing project and had yet to develop a relationship with either an agent or an editAnd finally, there were stories from aspiring authors who were at the beginning stages of their writing project and had yet to develop a relationship with either an agent or an editand had yet to develop a relationship with either an agent or an editor.

Bridget McKenna presents The Golden Age of Big Publishing (Not a Fairy Tale) posted at Points of View, saying, «There was once a golden age when editors edited, agents agented, and publishing companies thought beyond this quarter.

Otherwise the response time on the project will be longer; the book might be submitted to the wrong person (often someone who doesn't even work there anymore); the editor will wonder what's wrong with the literary agent or the author since no one cared enough to make a real pitch; and, if you do get an offer, it will be smaller because it will probably be the only offer.

There are multiple reasons for self - publishing, the first usually being that the author doesn't want to jump through hoops to find an agent, an editor, and then shop around the big name publishers.

- The Writer Beware website, which provides warnings about common schemes, scams, and pitfalls (there are sections on literary agents, vanity publishers, vanity anthologies, small presses, independent editors, contests, self - publishing, writers» services, and copyright, as well as a page of writers» alerts, a series of case studies of defunct scams, and our famous Thumbs Down Agent and Publisher Lists), advice on how to avoid them, and links to helpful online resources.

Once you've got your elephant cleaned and polished, it's time to get it out there on exhibit, whether to an agent, editor, or beta reader.

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 saiThere 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 saithere 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.

There are agents, publishers, editors and a whole bunch of other people who work with you to make your book a success (because they benefit from its success as well).

Yes, there's a great article on edittorrent (a blog run by two editors) about why agents / editors might not love what your critique group loves, and one of the reasons it mentions is this same issue.

There's always a strong bond formed between junior agents and editors as they climb the ladder together.

There are plenty of opportunities to rub elbows with publishing professionals, get one - on - one writing advice from successful authors, bond with fellow writers, and pitch your project to a literary agent or publishing editor.

She self - published her first book, Mousetrapped: A Year and A Bit in Orlando, Florida, after feedback from agents and editors suggested that while it was an enjoyable read, there was just no market for a tale involving a twenty - something Irish girl, Walt Disney World, Space Shuttle launches, Bruce Willis and the Ebola virus — and at the time, they were right.

, but there are also some brilliant «unpublished» authors who get overlooked by smug lit agents and editors, simply because the story isn't what they're «looking for.»

And 3, although there are some who don't, more indie authors are coming to understand that they need editors, and agents (yes, some indies have agents) and graphic designeAnd 3, although there are some who don't, more indie authors are coming to understand that they need editors, and agents (yes, some indies have agents) and graphic designeand agents (yes, some indies have agents) and graphic designeand graphic designers.

When I started writing A Promise of Fire over five years ago now, there was a good chance this manuscript would end up like my other works of fiction: perhaps unfinished, never seen by anyone but me, definitely never presented to agents or editors and using up space on my hard drive in a folder with a misleading enough name that hopefully no one would ever open it and stumble upon my first (and sometimes hilarious) attempts at writing a novel.

The downside, of course, is that there is a reason literary agents, editors, and publishers still have jobs.

There's probably a moral there, but if I pointed it out my editor, or my wife, or my agent would tell me not to talk such a lot of stuff and nonsense and just to get on and tell the story.&rThere's probably a moral there, but if I pointed it out my editor, or my wife, or my agent would tell me not to talk such a lot of stuff and nonsense and just to get on and tell the story.&rthere, but if I pointed it out my editor, or my wife, or my agent would tell me not to talk such a lot of stuff and nonsense and just to get on and tell the story.»

There were also industry guests like Mark Coker from Smashwords, a New York agent, some editors, and other fun people.

There are thousands of excellent authors working outside that old system of gatekeepers, agents, and editor - driven production.

There's all this talk about traditional publishing starting to be old fashioned and unable to keep up with the changes of our times... could it be true that these same editors and agents and publication houses are just as dragging in the times as to what their readers might want and crave and cling to?

Pettersson realized that there aren't many opportunities for English - language writers, editors, and agents to meet up in Sweden, where she moved to from Chicago twenty years ago, so she decided to create her own.

What probably annoys agents and editors is the obvious question which follows: if paper is shrinking, bookstores are closing, and book - buying is transition online, what value is there in giving 52.5 % to a publisher whose USP is print distro?

Use the tabs above the book image to read all the details about the Conference, make a list of any editors and agents you want to meet for a manuscript critique or pitch, and then go to the Registration tab to read the instructions and use the link there to register and pay.

Use the tabs above the book image to read all of the details about the Conference, make a list of any editors and agents you want to meet for a manuscript critique or pitch, and then go to the Registration tab to read the instructions and use the link there to register and pay.

There are the dreaded query letters, the time spent waiting to hear back from agents or editors, and the time spent agonizing revising your manuscript to meet someone else's editorial suggestions.

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.

You can see there are many authors, agents and editors listed.

There are plenty of freelance editors out there whose opinions are professional and whose judgment I would respect as an aThere are plenty of freelance editors out there whose opinions are professional and whose judgment I would respect as an athere whose opinions are professional and whose judgment I would respect as an agent.

There were also panels with literary agents and book editors.»

There's so much to worry about — family obligations, finding time to write, researching and organizing your submissions to literary agents and literary magazine editors, cooking, mowing the lawn, maintaining a home — oh, and that pesky little thing called your day job.

Not all that long ago agents and editors were telling anxious, unpublished writers to get out there and «build your platform!»