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So You Want to Find an Agent?
photo by cuellar Therese here. I’m so happy to introduce you to our new semi-regular contributor, my own agent, Elisabeth Weed. Elisabeth–who is also agent to WU’s Jael McHenry and Allison Winn...
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Yeah! Someone Wants to Represent Your Book! Now What?
photo by Grevel After weeks (months? years?) of querying agents and getting nothing in return but radio silence, someone has requested your manuscript and followed up with an excited call or email...
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How to Maintain a Healthy Author/Agent Relationship
In past posts, I’ve talked about getting an agent and choosing an agent. Today, I’d like to discuss maintaining a healthy author/agent relationship. I chatted with several agent friends of mine...
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Parting Ways with Your Agent
photo by Maja_Larsson I’ve posted about the author-agent relationship here on Writer Unboxed, and have come to the end of the cycle…parting ways with your agent. As someone who has been fired well and...
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“Self” Publishing: It Takes a Team
photo by Daryl I My client Allison Winn Scotch recently wrote a terrific post about her experience moving to self-publishing from the traditional model. We’ve both received many questions from agents...
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Supplementing Your Publisher’s Efforts: What You Can Do to Support Your Book
– photo by Flickr’s darkmatter - A number of people have asked me to talk about what an author should do to raise awareness for their book for WU’s Inside Publishing month. This was asked in the...
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An Agent’s Role in Shaping an Author’s Career and the Second Book
photo by Gavin Wray Today I want to talk about the literary agent’s role, not just in selling an author’s book, but in shaping their career. It’s a more nebulous part of the job description, beyond the...
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Marketing Tips for Agents and Authors
Flickr Creative Commons: Michael Summers When I chatted with Teri a few months ago about this post, I wanted to tackle the question of money and advances and marketing dollars. I was feeling frustrated...
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Advice From My Authors
Flickr Creative Commons: Jean Henrique Wichinoski I’ve spent the last year offering agent advice on Writer Unboxed—everything from writing query letters to maintaining an open and productive working...
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So You Want to Find an Agent?
photo by cuellar Therese here. I’m so happy to introduce you to our new semi-regular contributor, my own agent, Elisabeth Weed. Elisabeth–who is also agent to WU’s Jael McHenry and Allison Winn...
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Yeah! Someone Wants to Represent Your Book! Now What?
photo by Grevel After weeks (months? years?) of querying agents and getting nothing in return but radio silence, someone has requested your manuscript and followed up with an excited call or email...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Maintain a Healthy Author/Agent Relationship
In past posts, I’ve talked about getting an agent and choosing an agent. Today, I’d like to discuss maintaining a healthy author/agent relationship. I chatted with several agent friends of mine...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Parting Ways with Your Agent
photo by Maja_Larsson I’ve posted about the author-agent relationship here on Writer Unboxed, and have come to the end of the cycle…parting ways with your agent. As someone who has been fired well and...
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