Sentences with phrase «seen agents and editors»

If you follow them online, I'm sure you've seen agents and editors blog their views on the subject.

That's not to say the steps are easy, but if you stick with it and follow Chad's advice, you will see agents and editors come a» knockin»!

Not exact matches

It was time to sit back and wait to see if an editor at a publishing house believed in my work as much as my agent did.

How do you see the laying - off of so many in - house editors in the past couple of years affecting the work you both do, and how these new independents with publishing contacts and skills will play out in the workforce — both as literary agents and as independent editors — in the next few years?

Many Powerful Connections vs. Not So Much: One reason some agents only (or primarily) pitch projects to smaller publishers (see Big vs. Small Publishers above) is they don't have connections with acquisition editors and executives at the big publishers.

I can see it already: a publishing culture in which the large publishing houses don't even bother to employ editors who communicate with agents and go through the slush pile.

Bizarrely, 3 of my 4 agents also balked at sending my work to editors who had specifically told — me - they wanted to see it (and who usually did indeed make me offers when I sent the work there myself).

It's worth reading this sort of thing and learning what editors and agents are seeing too much of, and what they're particularly interested in acquiring.

Be professional, and remember that everything an agent or editor sees from you is a writing sample.

Lurk or join for free, and see what a community of 50,000 + authors, readers, editors, agents, and other literary professionals says about places like Balboa, PublishAmerica, and Author Solutions.

I'm glad to see they are of interest to editors, agents, and publishers alike.

The agent's aren't seeing what you and all your friends / beta readers see... You know you have the money to invest in an editor and are willing to put the time in to do the marketing... then go for it.

Like most writers, I had always wanted the validation of seeing my book in a physical bookstore and having an agent or editor tell me they loved and believed in my work.

As an indie and small press published author, I'm used to seeing posts from editors and agents claiming that you haven't earned the title of «author» until you've been traditionally published.

The book publisher's editors perform all the duties necessary to acquire and edit books and see them through to publication, including dealing with literary agents, authors, and interfacing with the breadth of the book publishers other staff.

The editor who'd asked to see my book was planning to go out on her own as a literary agent, and offered to represent me.

He is a successful freelance editor of queries, synopses, and manuscripts — seeing dozens of clients get agents or book deals following his consultations / edits.

However, agents and editors who seek authors with a platform do sometimes say quite pointedly, and even arbitrarily, «Well, we need to see at least 10,000 Facebook likes and 100,000 blog visits every month, or it's not worth us considering.»

I pitched a project to one of the visiting agents or editors, and I remember being so thrilled when he asked to see the first three chapters.

When I started writing A Promise of Fire over five years ago now, there was a good chance this manuscript would end up like my other works of fiction: perhaps unfinished, never seen by anyone but me, definitely never presented to agents or editors and using up space on my hard drive in a folder with a misleading enough name that hopefully no one would ever open it and stumble upon my first (and sometimes hilarious) attempts at writing a novel.

It's nice to see the viewpoint of someone with experience as an editor and an agent; the information is familiar from other writing and author blogs and books, but the angle is different and appreciated.

Kirkus Indie, a relatively new branch of Kirkus Reviews magazine, has paved the way toward a new tradition of book reviewing, allowing self - published authors to purchase professional book reviews that may be seen by agents, editors, and...

See the bios below for complete details about the editors and agents and what they are seeking to acquire or represent, respectively.

If agents and editors are open considering a self - published work for traditional publishing, you will see this noted in their bios below.

Although editors and agents are a little tired of seeing paranormal proposals, demand from readers remain unabated.

If an agent offers to represent you but says your manuscript needs editing and says they know a freelance editor you can hire, check to see what sort of relationship might exist between the agent and editor.

You can see there are many authors, agents and editors listed.

As literary agents and editors read through your work, they might — if interested — do a quick Google or Internet search on your name to see what comes up.

Editors (and agents) can see what the book is supposed to look like, at least in the author's vision.

Editors and agents post the kinds of manuscripts they would most like to see cross their desks right now.

But don't let your efforts to be different get out of control and obscure the professionalism that agents, editors, and fans expect to see.

See additionally Survey Outcomes: What Agents, Editors and Art Directors Look for Online by Debbie Ridpath Ohi from Inkygirl.

Or you can skip that step and see what feedback you get when you submit it to agents and editors.

Literary agents and editors like to see that you're plugged in and taking the time to promote your own career.

Oh and by the way, addressing the EIR (Elephant in the Room, aka Jeff Bezos, Amazon and company), when editors, agents and publishers I've worked with for years forgot to call or email me back on so many occasions, one email, eight hours later, garnered a call from the Jeff Bezos executive team to see how they might expedite my self - published cookbook when I encountered a snag.

Agents and editors all say if they see dumb errors in manuscripts, they won't read on.

He's seen authors, editors, and other agents come and go, but two things have never changed: his belief that good writing is a gift and his ability to get it published.

What's important here is that the agent or acquiring editor sees that you know the market and have a clear vision for the book.

What I'd love to see is a study that starts with aspiring writers and then examines the ratio of males to females who pass through each gatekeeper, e.g., Agents, Editors, Influential Reviews.

If you're submitting your work to an agent, editor, or ultimately to a reader, they'll need to see a first page that grabs them and makes them want to go for the second, the third, and the fourth page and beyond, all the way to the end, without having to try to figure out who is what.

Peer review may be harder to satisfy; traditionally - published authors are, of course, «reviewed» by agents and editors before the book is released, but self - published works aren't necessarily seen (or screened) by professional eyes before the book is published (which is one reason why some of them are so badly written, copy - edited, and / or proofread.)

The blogger stated that agents and editors aren't looking at submissions to see who to keep out of the legacy publishing club but to find projects they liked and felt they could sell.

I'd love to see a day when writers, publishers, agents, and editors like and respect each other.

by Anne R. Allen A constant complaint I hear from agents, editors, writing teachers, and reviewers is that they see too many manuscripts with inappropriate word counts.

The biggest issue with aspiring authors stems from the fact that they can't see themselves or their ideas from the viewpoint of the person they want to contact and impress — the agent or acquisitions editor.

Thanks to all the authors, editors, agents, and publishers who stopped to see us over the weekend!

Are most authors regularly informed by their agents and acquiring editors that the advance they get is most likely to be the only money they'll ever see for the book deal they're signing?

They will say something along the lines of «I'm going to send the rough draft of my book / proposal out to agents / editors to see if there's a market for it and, if so, then I'll polish it.»

If you have, then you can understand some of the cynicism and jaded eyes you see behind the glasses of an editor or an agent.

However, the Fair is a great place to learn more about the publishing industry, attend conferences and events, research publishers, learn the names of agents and editors, and see what similar titles have already been published.