Sentences with phrase «representation by a literary agent»

If you decide to pursue representation by a literary agent or a contract with a publisher on your own, you will need two documents: a query letter and a book proposal.

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Established literary agents are often the most sought out by authors wanting literary representation.

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-...]

As stated above, nearly all fiction authors do require representation of a literary agent if their book is to be produced by a traditional publishing house, and that is also true with some forms of general non-fiction too (such as histories, memoirs and biographies).

by Writer's Digest, one literary agent estimates taking interest in only about 10 percent of the queries, or requests for the representation of an author's manuscript, she receives.

As a literary agent in major trade publishing, at book publishing's leading literary agency — the Trident Media Group literary agency — I often get asked some important questions by savvy authors wanting to gain literary representation.

Publishing Director Suzie Dooré has partnered with literary agent Cathryn Summerhayes, of Curtis Brown, and the successful author will secure a # 10,000 book deal with Borough Press and representation by Cathryn Summerhayes.

Created by a former NY Times bestselling literary agent in 2012, the directory contains everything you need to research book agents and get representation.