You could
even land an agent with Across the Board Talent Agency!
I've already blogged about how unfair it is to look at the number of people self - publishing while ignoring the vast numbers of people submitting to the traditional machine and not
even landing an agent (it's the mistake of counting the top 1 % of one pile and comparing that to the totality of another pile).
Not exact matches
A lot of them — and
even if you don't
land a free
agent, having Kyrie & Kristaps puts you in a better position than you were in before
But
even though Smith flourished with the Hawks, he was frustrated by the team's inability to
land a top - notch center, and he considered leaving last summer as a free
agent.
Even with an
agent, the odds of
landing an offer of publication (a «book deal» in industry parlance) are slim.
Ultimately, I didn't
even use the query letter to
land an
agent.
After years and years of querying and jumping through gatekeeper hoops, it appears that
even the less - than - 1 % who are lucky enough to
land an
agent and a Big - 5 publishing contract can't manage to quit their day jobs.
These are the things that helped me
land an
agent,
even though I wasn't looking.
You can fight years and never
land an
agent (who is your key to the trad publishers) and
even if you are able to obtain an
agent you may not have any of your books accepted by a publisher... ever.
Query
agents and / or editors of publishers to
land an traditional pub deal with big publishers like Random House or Harper Collins, or small or indie press or
even e-publishers.
[Note that the goal of a query letter is not to sell your book or
even to
land an
agent; the goal of a query letter is to get an
agent interested enough to read your manuscript, which must do the rest.
The truth is that
even if you
land an
agent, there is no guarantee that a traditional publishing house will pick up your book.
Harder to
land an
agent (many of whom won't
even respond to queries they aren't interested in anymore);
agents are flooded by queries; submissions from
agents take much longer to be evaluated by editors; publishers are much more risk - averse and seemingly chasing after the same trends.
Even if you don't
land an
agent right away, hopefully you'll get feedback, both about your writing and about where it might belong.
Also keep in mind that it's not always necessary to insure your
land as it will still be there
even if your house is destroyed, so check your policy and talk to your
agent about removing this coverage if it is already included.
• The Ontario
Land Titles Act might give a guarantee for a transfer of ownership, a charge or a discharge,
even though an authority of an
agent to sign it was void for lack of a seal.
Also keep in mind that it's not always necessary to insure your
land as it will still be there
even if your house is destroyed, so check your policy and talk to your
agent about removing this coverage if it is already included.
By following these entry - level resume examples and writing tips, you can rest assured that the resume you create will impress the hiring
agents and may
even land you that job.
How many times have you seen a member of the support staff work late into the
evening to prepare an offer, and their generous act goes unnoticed by the
agent who successfully
lands a large deal?