Courtney Milan (a client of Kristin Nelson) has a great series of
posts about that agent / publisher conflict of interest and why, if agents do too much for clients, they are publishers, whether they use that term or not.
Not exact matches
«We're talking
about presidential appointees, political appointees, FBI special
agents in charge, U.S. attorneys, wardens, a chief deputy U.S. marshal, a U.S. marshal assistant director, a deputy assistant attorney general,» Michael Horowitz, DOJ's Inspector General, told The
Post.
In the months before the teenage killer's mug shot and name were splashed across the nation's TV screens and newspaper front pages, he had
posted messages online telegraphing his plans and told others
about his deadly intentions — warnings that police and federal
agents, alerted by tipsters, did not heed.
Rather than getting excited
about getting 50,000 likes on the corporate website, carriers should be focusing on getting their
agents to
post local content and getting people to «like» it...
;) I have to see the
agents of Shield now to see how this inspiration came
about;) lol xo Ella recently
posted... Superfood Chocolate Protein Bars: gluten - free, nut - free, vegan, low sugar
If there was any doubt
about the Chicago Bulls» interest in free -
agent Carmelo Anthony, look no further than the billboard
posted outside the United Center.
But, going back to your
post, one of the things I loved best
about this book was the way that she challenges the all - consuming attachment parenting norm (along with any other norm you can think of), painting mothers as free
agents, making difficult choices for their own and their childrens» survival.
ALBANY — FBI
agents raided the offices and home of Queens Assemblyman William Scarborough on Wednesday as part of an investigation he blamed on a
Post report
about his travel...
In this
post you will find out all the details
about chitosan which is a popular fat - loss
agent used by many bodybuilders.
I was busy catching up with my TV shows (
Agents of Shield, Screamqueens, The Big Bang Theory, Gotham, Westworld; just to name a few) but yeah, I am very excited
about this particular
post!
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Little is known
about the plot, but a short synopsis
posted on casting database site suggests that we can look forward to more of the same: «Picking up where the 2007 film left off with the incompetent underboss Kirill thinking that he and his henchman driver Nikolai really have inherited the throne from his crime - lord father, without knowing that Nikolai is actually a clandestine
agent working undercover in Russia's federal security service.»
The Marvel love even extends to the TV side of the MCU, with plenty of deep references that only fans of shows like
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will get, like the shot I
posted the other night and comments Agent Coulson makes as you're wandering
about the free roaming areas.
Anyway, I want to thank
agent Laura Bradford, who gave me the idea for this
post when she shared several great tips on Twitter yesterday
about beta readers and critique partners.
For your convenience we've
posted short summaries for each section in our guidelines
about how to write
agent queries.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I've recently gotten a number of reports
about a literary
agent with a major agency who is offering representation with a «handshake» deal: representation based on a verbal commitment, rather than a binding... -LSB-...]
Before you roll your eyes, here's a funny
post from guest blogger Erin Hosier (on author / editor /
agent Betsy Lerner's blog)
about why the Great American Novelist's author photo just doesn't do anything for her.
I had to double check my calendar when I started seeing
posts pop up on blogs (like from author Jackson Pearce or literary
agent Nathan Bransford)
about NaNoWriMo.
For the writer, we strive to publish thoughtful and unique conversations
about grammar, writing, prose styles, poetry, literary genres, writing advice, and the publishing industry; we
post current news and information
about the publishing industry and literary
agents, regularly.
Each year or so, I do a
post about the top literary
agents and compare how many titles were sold.
I worried this
post would come across as being too down on
agents (and that wasn't my intention), so I'm thrilled to see supportive comments
about the situation.
Then I got a comment from a literary
agent on
about my fifth
post.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareEvery time I consider purging Writer Beware's files to get rid of documentation on
agents and others we haven't heard anything
about in years and years, I'm reminded of why I hold onto that old paper.Last Fri... -LSB-...]
If you're self - publishing, looking for an
agent, or submitting your manuscript to calls for submissions, then you may not have to think
about such agreements, but you do need to trust your beta reader not to plagiarize,
post spoilers online, or distribute copies of your manuscript.
For authors who go with a traditional publisher, the publisher does the editing, so this guest
post is
about whether there's value in paying someone to edit before submitting to the traditional publishing industry (
agents and editors).
If you want that type of support, click here to
Post a Question for Me
About Literary
Agents (no cost).
Publishing
agents don't want to get hate mail or have you
posting bad things
about them on in the internet
Nearly all of my October
posts were
about editing, literary
agents, and query letters.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareA while back, I wrote a funny
post about a «literary
agent» who popped up under one name, then another, then a third.
You're still responsible for most of your marketing, have to deal with your
agent / editor
about stuff, have edits, copy - edits, galleys, have to write blog
posts for publisher - set - up tours (not always to the most highly trafficked blogs), deal with tracking down missing royalty statements, etc..
In the next month or two, we will write a blog
post about how to write a strong non-fiction query letter that will get you noticed by
agents and editors.
Like I said earlier, it's not really personal — and novelist and photjournalist Heather Hummel talks
about this in her blog
post for The Huffington Post, «Why Agents Reject 96 % of Author Submissions.&ra
post for The Huffington
Post, «Why Agents Reject 96 % of Author Submissions.&ra
Post, «Why
Agents Reject 96 % of Author Submissions.»
-LSB-...] Gold weighed in on Thursday
about the whole numbers game for writers who blog: The Insanity Behind the Pressure to Have «Numbers» which was in response to
agent Rachelle Gardner's
post Author Marketing & Platform.
* smile * Anyway, I want to thank
agent Laura Bradford, who gave me the idea for this
post when she shared several great tips on Twitter yesterday
about beta readers -LSB-...]
One of the questions in that interview was
about how I came to be one of those queryless, yet
agented authors, in which I talk
about the comment on Kristen Lamb's (2/4/2011)
post that got Laurie's attention.
On Tuesday, Rachelle Gardner's blog
post was titled «Author Marketing & Platform: * It's All
About the Numbers *» She explained that when
agents submit proposals to publishers, the marketing folk want hard numbers: blog page views, monthly unique visitors, Klout score, Twitter followers, Facebook friends, etc..
There was a flurry of newsgroup
posts recently
about agents from writers who were (or thought they were) ready to seek representation.
-LSB-...] have been written
about traditional vs. self publishing (this blog is no exception, as my articles here and here prove), and
agent Rachelle Gardner's recent
post added an intriguing twist to the -LSB-...]
When I was talking
about Rachelle's
post on Twitter, my friend Roni Loren mentioned that she got a book deal with Berkley in the past year and was never asked by her
agent or publisher what her numbers were.
To help protect naive writers, reputable
agents such as Richard Curtis put the AAR together, authors» groups like the MWA and SFWA support sites like Writer Beware, and sites like Preditors and Editors
post updated information
about who's being naughty and nice to writers.
Although most authors use this Q&A page to
post questions
about how to get a literary
agent... you can ask me anything
about writing, publishing, and / or marketing your book (s) below.
Even as you read this biographical blurb, a fourth and somewhat lighter novel, Henry & Biggs — a political vampire thriller
about a literary
agent and his pet Beagle (yes, you read that correctly)-- is currently in the works and the first dozen chapters have been
posted on the Owen Thomas Fiction Blog.
She has an informative collection
about self - publishing, including a agency's
post in response to the «Why
Agents May be Opposed to Self - publishing»
post I linked to last week, a section on craft and another full of «fun - stuff».
That's right, I wrote the following
post on January 11, 2011, talking some
about the coming war between writers and the problems with the future of
agents.
Hi, do you know anything
about these
agents: Jacaranda Red Ink Please
post your responses.
1) Joshua said: «One of the
posts talks
about the «hundreds and hundreds» of scam literary
agents.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Since Writer Beware was founded in 1998, we've run a free email advice service to help writers who are looking for info on an
agent's or publisher's reputation, or have questions
about publishing in general... -LSB-...]
* The Ask a Question area of our website where you can
post questions
about how to get a Christian literary
agent and publisher