Sentences with phrase «time as a literary agent»

I know because authors used to do it to me all the time as a literary agent.

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As an author trying to get a literary agent, it could take you years to get an agent if you query them one at a time.

Even if you served as an apprentice literary agent before starting your own literary agency, it takes time to become a well - rounded book agent.

In addition to what I mentioned above in terms of what attracts a literary agent to an author, once an author has gone as far as they can go with the writing / editing of the manuscript and honed in on a knock - out query letter / hook, then it is time to begin the process of querying a literary agent.

Authors that Mark represented as a literary agent have gotten 6 - figure advances and been on the NY Times bestseller list.

I'm a former NY Times bestselling literary agent, as well as the former Marketing & Licensing Manager of a well - known publisher.

This type of expert is someone who's recognized as an authority in publishing, who also spends most of their time helping authors create successful query letters — resulting in those authors getting top literary agents and book deals.

Literary Agent Undercover was founded by Mark Malatesta (former NY Times bestselling literary agent), after he went «undercover» as an book agent for five years... to learn how to get his own books published.

* Top literary agents work full - time, have many years of experience, and treat their profession as serious business (they aren't part - time agents with second jobs to make ends meet and they don't think of agenting as a hobby).

Mark Malatesta has several book coach programs based on his years as a NY Times bestselling literary agent, but you have to sign up for a an introductory book marketing coach call as a first step.

and, second, as a NY Times bestselling literary agent.

Approved by my agent at the time, I signed a traditional contract a few years ago with publisher Aflame Books, whose backlist (of twenty literary fiction titles in their first English translations) was about to be supplemented by a new imprint for original - English - language fiction, starting with my novel The Imagination Thief as this imprint's launch title.

To a tee almost every response has been, «we are not taking on new authors at the present time» (this from literary agents as well as publishers * sigh *).

Dawn also shares how she began writing for the New York Times as a food columnist & secured her literary agent.

The panel includes Kenneth Atchity who is an author, Hollywood producer, literary manager, editor, speaker, writing and career coach, columnist, book reviewer, and brand consultant, New York Times Best - selling author Heather Graham, Orna Ross, a former literary agent and founder of the Alliance for Independent Authors, as well as BooksGoSocial founder Laurence O'Bryan alongside a host of acclaimed authors, writing professors and publishing insiders to discuss topics like the Critical Elements of Storytelling, the Evolving Business of Publishing, and the all - important Book Marketing Secrets.

During my short time (5 years) as a literary agent, I personally evaluated more than sixty - thousand query letters.

Even after you find a literary agent and publisher, the time lag between their acceptance of your manuscript and the final publication of your book could easily be as long as two to three years.

I spent a long time writing novels that were not good enough to publish and almost as much time finding a literary agent.

This document is akin to the «Reader Report» generated within literary agencies about considered submissions (I work in this capacity for agents as time allows, so I know intimately manuscripts are approached and discussed internally).

Those are expensive and time - consuming trips as we take hundreds of meetings per day and send a contingency of at least six literary agents to hand sell.

These authors think that so long as they have written works, which they are proud of and that they think might sell well, then that's the time to find literary agents.

Next time around, it would be interesting to see the statistics on literary agents, who perform a key role as gatekeepers and filters for the publishing companies.

Read on to learn how to get a literary agent as a first time author.

As a literary agent — a profession frequently regarded as being up there with tapeworms as contributing members of literary society — I invest, for free, huge amounts of my time in developing the careers of people who want to be writerAs a literary agent — a profession frequently regarded as being up there with tapeworms as contributing members of literary society — I invest, for free, huge amounts of my time in developing the careers of people who want to be writeras being up there with tapeworms as contributing members of literary society — I invest, for free, huge amounts of my time in developing the careers of people who want to be writeras contributing members of literary society — I invest, for free, huge amounts of my time in developing the careers of people who want to be writers.

Tim Glister is a former copywriter and one - time literary agent from Newcastle; Harris MacLeod a Nova Scotian who worked as a political journalist in Ottawa.