Sentences with phrase «other agents pitching»

Tarantino said he discovered the leak when his longtime agent began receiving calls from other agents pitching their clients for specific roles.

Not exact matches

Now that Park has pitched her book, acquired an agent and a contract, and learned more about writing a book for public consumption, she sees many potential benefits to tackling this project now while her career is in full swing: it may open other doors for her, and she's come to think that early or mid-career scientists can also be uniquely inspiring to people.

This session, taught by a literary agent who represents (and adores) speculative fiction, will share helpful tips on how write great SF / F, how to set your work apart from other submissions, how to make your unique world come to life, and how to effectively pitch your sci - fi and fantasy to literary agents and editors.

Yes, when I pitched to several agents at the conference a couple weeks ago, they all stated that their biggest strength was their relationships and contacts with others in the industry.

For all those other applications above, the pitch is meant to interest potential readers, whether that means getting an agent to request more from us or getting a customer to click «Buy Now.»

People for whom ranking and number of copies sold and profits actually MEAN something because they have a frame of reference for interpretation or because they're using them in their pitches of your awesome to other people (that would be my agent, yo).

It should be short and it should contain relevant information: why you are submitting to this agent in particular, a pitch of your work, and any other publishing credits.

With Colorado Gold just around the corner (and other conferences happening around the country throughout the rest of the summer and the autumn), many authors are preparing to pitch a manuscript to a literary agent, an editor, or both.

As of this moment, five manuscript critique spots and 25 pitch spots with various acquisition editors and literary agents are available, and our other activities all have some open seats: the workshop on legal issues for writers, query letter critique, editor Q&A panel, and agent Q&A panel.

If we can not enlist a substitute editor / agent you deem suitable, and no openings exist among any other editor / agent you prefer, you will receive a full refund for the manuscript critique or pitch regardless of the deadlines.

The popular game show for writers returns, so step right up and pitch your novel, screenplay, memoir or any other idea to our panel of agents and editors.

Through God's grace, he was able to schedule an extra agent appointment — the last of the day — and pitched his other book to Terry Burns.

Brenda Drake also hosts two other well - known contests: #Pitmad, where authors tweet their book's premise in hopes of selection, and Pitch Madness, held every March and September, where agents have to play games against one another to «win» authors.

The friends who played wingman for each other, stepping out of their comfort zones to pitch to agents and introduce themselves to authors.

GalleyCat rounds up several pitch letters that succeeded in landing a literary agent; the New York Times reports small bookstores appear to be thriving; the Wall Street Journal picks its favorite novels of 2012, including Shani Boianjiu's The People of Forever Are Not Afraid; and other news.

-- the balance may soon shift so strongly to a seller's market that agents and other author - supportive personnel might regularly pitch their services to entrepreneurial authors.

Densmore personally recommends the self - publishing route to other musicians, rather than pitching to a big publisher or literary agent.

At first, you came to the San Francisco Writers Conference to learn the craft of writing, to hear famous writers describe how they became famous, to learn the secrets of how to create a winning book proposal, to become enlightened by publishers about what they want and, most of all, to pitch literary agents, those elusive creatures who seem always to be heading the other direction.

Take your time, follow that particular agent's instructions (some agents want to see a first chapter right away, others just want a pitch), and do your research (make sure they represent your genre).

The bottom line here is that as Amazon's power to sign up books away from the major publishers grows, the retailers who depend on publishers for a flow of commercial product suffer along with the publishers... B&N's decision seems to me like the right move for them... On the other hand, authors and agents who might have considered an Amazon publishing deal will have to think twice if they know very few bookstores will carry it... There are a lot of smart people engaged in a pitched battle here.

The author shared how she had been pitching to traditional publishers and agents for a decade; how she had several novels and other unpublished works on her computer; and how she is going to hold out for a traditional publishing contract.

These are just some of the questions that agents, publishers — and retailers — ask when they are pitched your book alongside thousands of other books.

Although I may be particularly outspoken about voicemail, you know there are others out there who agree — like some of the journalists we pitch, for example (or literary agents receiving hundreds of queries from writers).

I agree that querying agents is time consuming, but I think if you spend the time to come up with a strong pitch, a synopsis, and some thoughts as to what other books are already out there in the marketplace that might (however tangentially) be considered similar to yours, then those elements should stay consistent in your approach to every agent.

The other 10 guest editors and agents have short waitlists for Manuscript Critiques and Pitches, so you still have a chance for a one - on - one meeting with any individuals you choose — and there's no charge for a waitlist activity (you'll only pay if you get a guaranteed spot due to another participant's cancellation).

Basically, Commission Pitch is focused on being a lead generator for agents and «pits» them against each other based solely on their commission rate (I'm sure there is a chance to showcase value, but that's not what the main message is on the website).