Sentences with phrase «writers letting the agents»

And I've gotten flat angry at stupid writers letting the agents take over.

I hate how writers let agents control them.

(From 2009 to 2011) And I've gotten flat angry at stupid writers letting the agents take over.

And even worse, writers let agents do the negotiating, agents without legal degrees who can't practice law but do so anyway, and who are more concerned about keeping the publisher happy then helping the writer.

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Literary Agent First Five Pages — One of the things that frustrates authors most, is literary agents who only let writers submit a few pages of a manuscript, and then reject it.

Let's not forget that some of our greatest authors and writers and poets in the past were self - published before they were accepted by a publisher or agent.

Randy sez: I'm not quite sure what it means, but one thing that is commonly done at writing conferences is to have a panel of agents and let writers do quick pitches to either individual agents or to the panel as a whole while the audience listens.

Let's say the beginning writer just doesn't know any better and lets an agent have all the money and paperwork.

I'd received so much encouragement over the years, from agents, editors, readers, writer friends — I'm grateful, truly grateful to all of them — that I had a hard time letting go.

The publishing industry loves stories about finding gems and undiscovered talent in the slush pile but let's consider the figures — say an agent receives 50 submissions a week, 2500 a year, and takes on 2 or 3 of those writers, that's a 0.08 % chance of being taken on through the slush pile.

This is an exciting time for any writer who has been let down by a publisher or met a roadblock thrown up by agents when trying to get their work into print.