Blogger: Wendy Lawton
We’re getting close to Valentines Day– the day we are all required to obsess about love. In honor of the upcoming cupid’s day I thought I’d dust off a blog post I wrote about five years ago …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
We’re getting close to Valentines Day– the day we are all required to obsess about love. In honor of the upcoming cupid’s day I thought I’d dust off a blog post I wrote about five years ago …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Any writer who wants an agent knows how hard acquiring one can be. Online discussions at times suggest an agent acquires new clients only periodically, when he finds his list isn’t full. But that isn’t true.…
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Normally when we post blogs we aim to focus on you, the writer, and your needs. Today, it’s all about me. I’m going to do a blog-post-selfie and tell you why I love being a literary agent.…
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
We talk a lot about the kinds of writers we love to work with but when we agents get together the talk often turns to the writers we hate representing.
And there is always one standout– one …
// by Wendy Lawton// 38 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Okay, I’m going to wade into dangerous waters today and talk about my own profession and the stuff that gives us a bad name. I’m well aware that I’m giving you a scorecard by which to judge …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
I’m away at our agency’s bi-annual client retreat and won’t be able to respond to your comments today. But I hope this topic on how to create a professional persona for industry professionals will generate lots of …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Writing a standout query remains one of the greatest challenges for a writer hoping to snag an agent’s or editor’s attention. I often describe those of us who receive a barrage of queries every day as …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
You know the feeling. You’re plugging along feeling like you’re doing okay, and then a disruptive thought pops forward from the back of your mind, haunting, accusing: This isn’t good enough. What were you thinking? The Bible …
// by Mary Keeley// 35 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
I have a confession to make. Today’s blog is an update of a post I did last year at this time. I realized about midnight that the blog I had scheduled for today is too similar to …
// by Wendy Lawton// 60 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I don’t think I’ve ever participated in an agent panel where the question, “What are you looking for?” has not been asked. We agents probably irritate the pajamas off writers with our answers. “I’m looking for that …