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Agents

13 Things You May Not Know About Agents

November 25, 2014 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  12 Comments

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1. We hate getting bad news about your book and don’t enjoy sharing it with you, but we trust you’re adult enough to handle it.

2. If we say we don’t want to submit a particular project …

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When Doubt Niggles

October 2, 2014 //  by Mary Keeley//  58 Comments

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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 …

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Be Diligent and Let Your Agent Do the Talking

September 18, 2014 //  by Mary Keeley//  52 Comments

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Publisher mistakes happen. Oversights occur. Disagreements with your publishing team take place. Delays cause negative ripple effects. Any one of these can have a detrimental, sometimes devastating, effect on your book during the production process. Not if…

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A Winning Strategy

September 11, 2014 //  by Mary Keeley//  45 Comments

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Agents often remind writers to be patient during the journey to representation. But it doesn’t stop there. We continue to remind our clients on their journey to publication…or re-publication…as well. This isn’t only wise advice or a …

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10 Ways to Annoy a Literary Agent

September 2, 2014 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  83 Comments

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You’ve heard all the ways to impress a literary agent. You’ve learned how to write a synopsis and build a platform and comment on agent blogs. You know the ins & outs of queries and proposals and …

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You’ve Got the Power

August 19, 2014 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  14 Comments

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Authors working with a traditional publisher can sometimes find themselves in situations they feel are out of their control. Fortunately when you have an agent, you’re NOT powerless. You have someone to whom you can turn—someone who …

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13 Ways to Impress an Agent

August 5, 2014 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  45 Comments

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You’ve been trying to crack the code for getting an agent’s attention, whether in a query or a face-to-face meeting. You’ve been searching high and low for the secret to making an agent sit up and say …

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How to Find an Agent

July 15, 2014 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  36 Comments

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I asked readers on my Facebook page for questions they’d like me to answer on the blog. It seems many are dying to know the secret to getting an agent.

Stephanie asked: What is the single most …

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Your Hook: the On/Off Button in Your Proposal

July 3, 2014 //  by Mary Keeley//  63 Comments

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After at trip to the International Christian Retail Show (ICRS), Christian publishing’s version of the general market’s Book Expo America (BEA), which Rachelle Gardner reported on here, I served on the writers track at SpeakUp, …

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Agents Understand Rejection

June 20, 2014 //  by Rachel Kent//  57 Comments

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Last week I wrote about what to do when your query letter is rejected by agents. This week I’d like to remind you all that agents experience rejection, too. Each day we receive rejections from publishing houses …

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