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#AgentFail: Bad Agents

October 15, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  13 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

I’ve talked about agent limbo, logjams and brick walls. All part of the frustration of being a literary agent. I’m guessing those failures occur for all agents at one time …

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#AgentFail: Hitting the Brick Wall

October 14, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  15 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Agent blogs often talk about the writer’s side of finding an agent. We don’t often talk about the agent’s side–finding the perfect project, the perfect writer and offering representation. Much …

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#AgentFail: The Logjam

October 13, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  17 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Are you tired of me talking about the agent time crunch? Unfortunately, it’s the reason for much of the #AgentFail. Most of us have a set level of clients and, …

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#AgentFail: Requested Material Limbo

October 12, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  19 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Here’s one of the questions asked at the writers conference I attended last weekend: If an agent asks to see the author’s book proposal but then never gives any feedback, …

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