Sentences with phrase «literary agent friends»

10 years later, I self published and found readers excited and welcoming, other writers are supportive of my choice, and even my literary agent friends are encouraging.

Not exact matches

One can also watch the genesis and development of her work as she related its progress to her friends, who included not only her literary agent and editors, but also people whom she never met face - to - face.

Jordan chats with her close friend and literary agent Sarah Passick, a.k.a the #superagent that brought Breaking Vegan to life and works for the top wellness literary agency in New York City.

Giving in to her literary agent's pleas and Walt Disney's invitations, Mrs. Travers, uprooted her very settled, very ordered life and flew from London to Los Angeles making friends along the way (OK, NOT making any friends along the way).

The two key sources, however, are unpublished documents he obtained from Gloria Karefa - Smart, Baldwin's sister and literary executor: a June 1979 letter from the writer to his agent, Jay Acton, and 30 pages of notes for a novel that Baldwin would never write, to chronicle the lives and deaths of his friends Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. «I want these three lives to bang against and reveal each other, as in truth they did,» Baldwin explains, «and use their dreadful journey as a means of instructing people whom they loved so much, who betrayed them, and for whom they gave their lives.»

In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his new endeavour: the writing of his final book, Remember This House, recounting the lives and successive assassinations of his friends Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr..

Read the next section now to find out how many fans, friends, or followers you need on social media to impress literary agents or publishers...

We're known for our track record in helping writers find literary agent representation and Bath listed writers include international bestselling authors such as Laura Marshall (Friend Request) and Hollie Overton (Baby Doll).

In other words, top literary agents are highly skilled at «making friends and influencing people.»

I also know another thing: that it's approximately 1000 copies more than I ever would have sold if my friends Jeff and Nathaniel had not been insistent that I not just stop when the traditional Big 6 (5) publishing houses and every literary agent of note turned me down.

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Would anyone (like literary agents, editors, family, or friends) be interested in going to your writer website?

So my friend is almost done with her book and she has her sights set on the big press, the traditional contract, the literary agent.

The usual best - selling suspects — and a few surprises — are ready with some exciting and festive new releases.SILENT NIGHTA homeless boy leads Spenser into the case of a lifetime in this new adventure, completed by Parker's longtime literary agent and friend Helen Brann.STARRY NIGHTWhen a successful gossip columnist comes...

Sit down on your lunch break, bang out a couple thousand words, maybe add a pinch of editing and there you are, four or five entertaining pages to wow friends, family and literary agents.

SILENT NIGHT A homeless boy leads Spenser into the case of a lifetime in this new adventure, completed by Parker's longtime literary agent and friend Helen Brann.

Rachelle is a very widely read blogger and literary agent and she's also a friend of mine, so I know she's honest and good.

In 1984, I had been convinced (quite reluctantly) by publishing friends who were still employed at downtown publishing houses to become a literary agent.

What makes this worth the time of the friend, literary agent, or customer?

If you are not already working with a literary agent, ask a trusted friend to read the proposal and sample chapters with a critical eye before you submit to a literary agent.

HOWEVER — my absence is your excellent opportunity to learn (or review) how to write a hook — that thing that's going to grab the interest of friends at cocktail parties, literary agents in query letters, and bookstore browsers who glance at the back cover.

Ask for referrals from family, friends, or acquaintances who have had the chance to work with a literary agent.

RICK: Mike is an old friend of mine and is Jay's literary agent.

Facebook: Although literary agents usually have personal profiles on Facebook, few of them will accept your friend request if they don't know you from somewhere.

And I do have friends who are literary agents.

Keeping networking and interacting with other authors also because even a small referral from a writer friend can help you procure the services of a reliable Christian literary agent.

I've watched as writing friends get whisked away by literary agents, and have observed as their careers move forward.

I ask because a friend of mine just went through nearly 4 years before the book got out there: the author spent a year of query letter rejections before finally landing a literary agent; then it took a year of submissions for the agent to land a publisher; then it took well over a year for the book to get on the publisher's schedule for launch date.

Well, I went back to my most trusted friend, the internet, and researched «how to submit to literary agents.»

«A friend of mine who is a literary agent wanted to know more about the story behind my grandmother's recipes,» she says «so, with that in mind, I started to research her extraordinary life and career.»