I'm
still unagented (and happily so), but many of my colleagues swear their agent earn every bit of the 15 % they pay, and most agents will not even look at a new author who doesn't have a blog and an active presence in social media.
I told myself that if I am
still unagented by the end of 2014, I will make a decision about continuing to find an agent or researching the indie arena.
Not exact matches
While
still taking submissions of manuscripts — often
unagented submissions, which has been attractive to authors who've been rejected by the first level of gatekeeper to the industry — the numbers of rejected manuscripts from these new publishers are surprisingly low.
Or if you're a little more traditional like me, you might start querying presses that don't require agents.Even some bigger presses
still take
unagented work.