Sentences with phrase «talk about the literary agent»

-LSB-...] talked about literary agents and editors in two articles explaining the importance of these two roles in the publishing industry.

Today I want to talk about the literary agent's role, not just in selling an author's book, but in shaping their career.

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A Thousand Words (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality and drug - related humor) Revenge comedy about a lying literary agent (Eddie Murphy) forced to stop talking when a New Age guru (Cliff Curtis) puts a curse on him.

Most authors think talking about past «failures» will make literary agents trust you less.

What I loved about this eBook is that these tips and suggestions, seen through the eyes of a literary agent, and not just someone who thinks to know what they're talking about.

During the interview, Lakshmi also talks about how he worked with former literary agent Mark Malatesta to improve his manuscript and pitch materials, resulting in literary agency representation with his first choice literary agent, who then got offers from three major publishers: Penguin, Harper Collins, and Random House.

To help you understand how literary agents think, let's talk about how you make decisions.

Jeri - Anne also talks about how she worked with former literary agent Mark Malatesta to improve her query letter, synopsis, and manuscript, which resulted in literary agency representation with Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.

January 2010 I started blogging and by the end of 2012, so we are talking a good couple of years of blogging here, I built a speaking platform for myself, I had started podcasting, I was blogging a couple times a week, good community of people and then boom, the book offer comes in from a publisher in the U.S. and I didn't go with that initial offer but it made me think very seriously about going back to that goal of someday writing a book and so I was introduced to a literary agent and I obviously went the traditional publishing route with Virtual Freedom but there's nothing wrong with the self publishing route at all.

«Agent Advice» (this installment featuring agent Ted Weinstein of Ted Weinstein Literary) is a series of quick interviews with literary agents and script agents who talk with Guide to Literary Agents about their thoughts on writing, publishing, and just about anythingagents and script agents who talk with Guide to Literary Agents about their thoughts on writing, publishing, and just about anythingagents who talk with Guide to Literary Agents about their thoughts on writing, publishing, and just about anythingAgents about their thoughts on writing, publishing, and just about anything else.

She talked about her arrangement with IngramSpark which gets print editions of her books into bookstores — still not an easy feat for indies — and revealed that she works now without a literary agent, basically hiring only a foreign - rights agent.

When he talks about agents, he comments, «And even in an era where agents aren't the gatekeepers to the literary world, they'll still have a role.»

Next Sunday we're going to present «LAURIE McLEAN»S CRYSTAL BALL» — a visit from the dynamic literary agent Laurie McLean of Larsen - Pomada, talking about what she sees coming up in the publishing world.

I've read that some authors and some agents, too, have mixed feelings about pitch sessions, but I love them — not only because I can pitch my work, but because I get valuable information from every literary agent I talk to, and also because meeting agents as people helps me humanize the whole experience.

Joanna also talks through her hugely successful independent writing and blogging career so far, and goes into detail about how she recently signed with a New York literary agent.

(Talking to a number of literary agents at a panel later in the day, they all agreed with Lipskar about the difficulty of making a subscription model work.)

1) Joshua said: «One of the posts talks about the «hundreds and hundreds» of scam literary agents.

Typically, novelists, publishers, and literary agents are most likely to talk about a writer brand, though certainly writers in all genres (including poetry) can develop a recognizable brand (or a reputation for a particular aesthetic).

At the 2018 Abu Dhabi Book Fair, Flora Rees of the Emirates Literature Foundation talks about the editor - author relationship and the role of literary agents in publishing across the Arab world.

Today I'd like to talk about how you go about getting a literary agent.

Flora Rees of the Emirates Literature Foundation talks about the editor - author relationship and the role of literary agents in publishing across the Arab world.

If you want to get a top literary agent, publisher, and book deal click here for FREE INSTANT ACCESS to all the writers» resources on the Literary Agent Undercover ™ website, including Mark's signature talk: Everything You Need to Know About Literary Agents... and Wouldn't Know to Ask.

Heather, who has had three literary agents, talks about her decision to leave the traditional publishing world and pursue indie publishing with her Viking novel, God's Daughter, and her mystery, Miranda Warning (two first novels in series).»

In the intro, I talk about the publication of my new novel, Desecration, and my thoughts around parting ways with my NY literary agent.

It is your current success as a literary agent that makes me eager to talk with you about representation for my book, Work Naked: Eight Essential Principles for Peak Performamce in the Virtual Workplace... The title grew out of public response to my revealing commentary on telework that Sue Shellenbarger published in her Wall Street Journal Work & Family column.