Sentences with phrase «of agents pitching»

It's completely understandable if you don't want a superhero - themed listing presentation video, but you have to admit, this clip is clever and is certainly an attention - grabber — something that can separate you from the crowded pack of agents pitching the same leads.

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.

«Since news happens 24/7, I've been woken in the middle of the night [and] had to get a pitch out on weekends, holidays,» says Fort Lauderdale, Florida - based PR agent Bruce Serbin.

So rather than talking about the benefits and features of what you offer, next time think of yourself or your sales team as agents of change and prepare your pitch from that perspective.

Him or his agents like the writer of this Article blame the whole world except him, Reffs, pitch, players, fatigue, lack of Focus (his famouse scape goat).

Cashner pitching up to his potential might be a nine - figure contract waiting to happen, and that makes him one of the most fascinating pending free agents in baseball.

I would like to see some free agent starters signed, drop their worst pitch and see what might happen out of the pen.

You said it yourself — «sales pitch» — they shouldn't be making a sales pitch to him, it is illegal, tapping up, which Liverpool have been heavily involved in, plus he has the same agent as Sterling, who seems very dodgy — the FA should be over this guy like a rash, but the dear FA seem very reluctant to tackle anyone with money, as you can see by all the dodgy people they allow to be owners of football clubs.

GM Daryl Morey & the Rockets are making a pitch to free agent superstar Carmelo Anthony and one of their tactics will be showing him this sign outside their arena of him in a Houston jersey.

Despite the departure of free agents Maddux, Sheffield, Lopez and Castilla, the Braves» brain trust offers unparalleled continuity: With 15 years on the job, John Schuerholz is the longest - tenured general manager in the four major pro sports; only Jerry Sloan of the NBA's Utah Jazz has coached longer in one place than Cox has managed; and pitching coach Leo Mazzone has been in the organization since 1979.

However, despite all that talk and his agent Mino Raiola drumming up interest, Donnarumma made a point of kissing his badge as he left the Juventus Stadium pitch on Friday night to show exactly where his loyalties lie.

Darvish is one of the top free agents available, despite his postseason performance that saw him tipping his pitches, which also helped lead to the Astros winning the World Series.

Yes, thats need to change even when he used to have Dick Law as transfer negotiator still was him doing it remotely send him out to close / push deal to the finish line and wenger has already price it not a selling club and end up loose a lot of new players they need to take power away from and have him concetrate on training / pitch he does not also get along with super agents, Raiola, Pini Zahavi, Mendes those represent big number of good players but now Sanllehi will take care that section

The Sox just don't historically play in that end of the pitcher free agent pool, and they probably still won't next winter when what is potentially the greatest free agent pitching class ever hits the market — not unless the sheer volume of pitchers somehow dilutes their value and lessens Boston's risk, anyway.

Sure, the pitching is a different story, as Dallas Keuchel is a free agent after this season, Justin Verlander's deal is up the year after that, and Gerrit Cole, also under control through 2019, is more of a mid-rotation arm on a good team than the ace it was once thought he would become.

Ronaldo, as we know, is one of the greatest attacking agents the game has ever seen but, he would often show bouts of exasperation on the pitch at Mourinho's tactics when playing for him.

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.

The same show - biz agent who pitched her as a brain surgeon in «Days of Thunder»?

Seriously at one point Yates goes to a big truck where all his agents are just sitting in there, in two perfect rows, in the pitch black, in the back of this lorry, like flippin» robots.

Hank's first day as Lew Ashby's biographer is complicated when a hooker acquainted with both men claims that Hank is better in bed; Karen comes under the spell of a self - help guru; Charlie pitches himself as agent to a porn actress.

The title character of «Jerry Maguire» is a sports agent, but it is easy to see why the pitch for Cameron Crowe's latest film was embraced by a Hollywood studio.

Her neuroses remain at the same fevered pitch only changing focus, slightly, before and after she and her fellow castmates negotiate the rarified atmosphere of the A-list without a clue, surrounded by agents, producers, and entertainment journalists who are even more clueless.

In 1979, gay black author James Baldwin pitched a book to his agent called Remember This House, which would have been a personal account of the assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X (assassinated 52 years ago on Feb. 21, five days before this year's Oscar ceremony) and Martin Luther King, Jr. — all three close friends to Baldwin.

Meanwhile, the aging, suicidal, quite likely Alzheimer's - afflicted Simon tries to stay afloat, as his agent (Grodin) pitches him a hair restoration endorsement or another attempt at King Lear and a woman of questionable sanity from the rehab center (Nina Arianda) keeps asking him to kill her husband.

The fest's pitch competition allows contestants 90 seconds to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges comprised of agents, producers, managers, and screenwriters.

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Lynnette will also be taking pitches on behalf of all acquiring agents at The Seymour Agency.

The event, sold out a week prior to the date, was attended by close to 300 people who chose between more than 21 workshops, nine seminar sessions, a battery of agent - pitching sessions, all set up with free author photos, and a welcome reception at the end of the day.

She represents a broad array of fiction and nonfiction — books for both children and adults, and instructs frequently on topics such as literary agents, getting published, e-publishing, successful writing techniques, selling & pitching your book, and more.

If the agent likes your pitch, they'll request to see part / all of your book — sending you straight past the slush pile.

She is taking pitches on behalf of all of the agency's acquiring agents.

She is taking pitches on behalf of all of the agency's acquiring agents (except for Jennifer Wills, who is attending the event also).

Perhaps the most widely known activity at a «big» conference (one that is perhaps nationally or internationally known) is the «pitch»: during seminars, happy hours and social times, writers are pitching their books to agents in the hopes of possible representation.

It's better in that they probably spent more time writing the next work and less time writing query letters, pitching the last work, or doing endless rewrites according to the whims of some half - interested agent.

For example, new literary agents spend most of their time looking for new authors and pitching their work to publishers, hoping to make enough money to pay their bills so they can continue being agents.

You need to have some selling skills in trad publishing because you have to convince agents / publishers to take a chance on you, which means mastering the secrets of the query letter and the elevator pitch.

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.

These range from companies that require little investment to publish on the author's end, to hybrid publishers, to a list of top literary agents for authors to pitch if they want to go the traditional publishing route.

This writing event is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more.

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.

From my experience, the key to pitching an agent comes down to displaying your passion for writing while at the same time demonstrating you're capable of understanding book publishing as a business.

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.

Randy sez: I'm not quite sure what it means, but one thing that is commonly done at writing conferences is to have a panel of agents and let writers do quick pitches to either individual agents or to the panel as a whole while the audience listens.

Of those 10 expressions of interest 9 came from agents and editors I met and pitched at the Atlanta Writers Conference ---- only one came from a cold - call querOf those 10 expressions of interest 9 came from agents and editors I met and pitched at the Atlanta Writers Conference ---- only one came from a cold - call querof interest 9 came from agents and editors I met and pitched at the Atlanta Writers Conference ---- only one came from a cold - call query.

Because of the way the conference was structured, with the writers getting feedback on their pitches the day before they actually pitched agents and editors, the material was that much stronger.

It's an extremely organized conference that allows participants to work directly with agents and editors to hone pitches and queries as well as the craft of writing.

In this course, I interview CJ Lyons, NY Times bestselling author, about traditional publishing, covering everything from finding an agent, pitching, how the publishing process works, how the money works, the pros and cons, details of contracts and what to watch out for as well as the biggest mistakes people make.

In addition to a sterling lineup of speakers, attendees can sign up to pitch an agent, get a manuscript evaluation from an editor, perform at an open mic session, even have lunch with the presenter of their choice.

One of the pitches led to my signing with an agent, who already has me working on the next story in my mystery series.

, I always wound up with the most sustained interest from agents with whom I met face to face at one of these pitch or critique sessions.