Sentences with phrase «questionable agent or publisher»

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- SFWA's Committe on Writing Scams, which works behind the scenes to collect documentation on questionable literary agents, publishers, editors, publicity services, contests, vanity anthologies, magazines, websites, and anything or anyone else posing a danger to writers.

Those against raised the specter of abuse (there are several questionable agents in Writer Beware's files who soak their clients for billable hours while doing little or nothing to place manuscripts with reputable publishers), the loss of agents» entrepreneurial edge if they got paid no matter what (the fact that the agent profits only when the writer does is at the heart of the traditional author - agent relationship); and, of course, the possibility that only wealthy writers could afford to have agents.