Sentences with phrase «into agent pitching»

So where does that leave me on the week of my first foray into agent pitching?

Not exact matches

Traditional publishing is a slog — find an agent, pitch a book and if it's picked up by a publisher, sign away the rights to your work, then spend years doing edits and waiting for the book to slot into a publishing schedule — and the majority of these people don't score a deal, because most entrepreneurs «aren't in a position to be commercially published,» says Sattersten.

The 27 - year - old Thompson (who will miss at least the first month as he recovers from shoulder surgery) will join free - agent pickups Kenny Rogers and Darren Oliver to give the club three quality lefthanded starters and bolster a rotation whose inability to pitch deep into games in»99 eventually took its toll on the relief corps (3.51 ERA before the All - Star break, 5.45 ERA after).

When it comes time to pitch the concept of your book - or a full length manuscript - make sure you get it into the hands of the agents and publishers who would be most drawn to and excited about your content.

If you put that much thought into your pitch letter, literary agents will assume you put just as much thought into the actual writing of your book.

This session is intended to give all participants — whether you pitch or not — insight into traditional publishing and what agents and publishers are seeking.

* Top literary agents can help you find the perfect title / subtitle for your book, turn your book into a series or brand, decide which book you should pitch first, edit your book and / or book proposal, build your author platform, identify your competition and differentiate you, get you more publicity, and help build a business around your book (with multiple streams of income).

On the agent outreach side, put real time, thought, care, and effort into your pitch materials.

This is a huge paradigm shift for publishers, who have typically taken a business - to - business approach to sales and marketing, pitching their list to key agents within the industry supply chain; primarily sales reps who stood the best chance of getting their books sold into bookstores.

To get into them, you need to have a great book, a great pitch and book proposal, find an agent and get them to sell the book — you'll get a big advance (hopefully) and they'll do some media and marketing for you.

In the one hour workshop the agent will discuss writing a synopsis and pitching your work, answer questions and give you a personal insight into the business.

We'll get into how to pitch with Part 2 in this series, but for right now, consider this: learning how to be your own PR agent could be the tool in your author toolbox that sets you apart from the crowd.

I'd mentioned to Friedman that I'd be pitching my book at #wdc11, so she revised my bloated book overview into an amuse - bouche to tempt literary agents during the Pitch Slam.

Some authors sell books on proposal (with or without a writing sample), or they use the synopsis to be an initial outline of the story idea (a guide post), or an effective synopsis brief can be a part of a solid query letter or made into a quick pitch to an editor or agent.

Oh, the highs and lows of drafting a pitch and tossing it into the water to try to hook and land an agent.

You need to be prepared to sell your story, whether you run into an agent by accident, set up a pitch meeting, or send a query letter through cyberspace.

Most writers attend writers» conferences to make one vital connection with one agent who will pitch their book to one mainstream publisher, and then, presto, wham, bang, bong magically lands one of those long sought - after publishing contracts that will finally make their long - time - in - waiting manuscript into a published book.

An insurance agent might go into a sales pitch that includes at least one fancy item and weave a rosy picture.

With such a large office of over 140 sales agents and support staff, I wanted to give everyone an easy option for safe disposal rather than taking the convenient route of pitching their batteries and cartridges into the garbage pail.»

Some clients are hesitant to raise concerns among salespeople, believing agents will jump into sales pitch mode.