Sentences with phrase «story about literary agents»

Not exact matches

By Edward Nawotka In today's lead story about Arabic literature in the West, literary agent Yasmina Jraissati notes that Arabic literature is present on the main territories, but its presence is faint.

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APRIL EBERHARDT, a self - described «literary change agent» and author advocate, is passionate about helping authors identify and tell their truest story.

That sorry circumstance is captured in the story about a writer who came home much earlier than usual to find his wife in bed with his literary agent.

Excuses I've heard from some of the bad literary agents I've met or heard stories about include: having too many clients; health, financial, or family problems; lost enthusiasm for your book (s); burnout; being in transition; etc..

For more information about bad literary agents, get the following: 1) The Street Smart Writer: Self Defense Against Sharks and Scams in the Writing World by Jenna Glatzer and 2) Ten Percent of Nothing: The Case of the Literary Agent from Hell by Jim Fisher (this is the incredible story of the ultimate example of bad literary agents, former literary agent Dorothy Deering).

Mission statement: Ten things I believe about writing Breaking through writer's block, or, how I started writing and publishing short stories How I published a short story collection Writing with a day job, part 1: Why I don't write full - time Writing with a day job, part 2: Work / work balance Networking, part 1: Social media and connection Networking, part 2: Thoughts on conventions How I wrote three novels and binned two of them Querying agents Signing with a literary agent My query letter for Sorcerer to the Crown Revising the novel (again and again and again) Going on submission Selling the novel Love and resource

Stories about rights grabs and bad contracts have made everyone skittish, and only a handful of literary agents have the indie seal of approval for truly caring about independent rights.

When Lisa Genova, a former consultant to pharmaceutical companies, wrote her first novel, «Still Alice,» a story about a woman with Alzheimer's disease, she was turned down or ignored by 100 literary agents.

It's a story about good literary agents and bad literary agents and, more specifically, it's a story about the tireless, often intangible work that good literary agents perform for their clients during the period after the contract is signed but before the book is published.

Make the literary agent care about your story.

Letting your followers, potential fans, and even literary agents and editors learn more about your own unique story is an important part of an effective author platform.

In 1997, complaints began to surface about German literary agent Uwe Luserke, who was selling foreign rights to English - language short stories and novels and neglecting to pay the advances and royalties due to authors.

«A friend of mine who is a literary agent wanted to know more about the story behind my grandmother's recipes,» she says «so, with that in mind, I started to research her extraordinary life and career.»