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Literary agency agents in 2022

Changes in Literary Agency Life since 2004

August 28, 2022 //  by Michelle Ule//  16 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Sitting in for Janet Grant.

Changes at a Literary Agency since 2004

I’ve been working for Books & Such since January 2004.

(It’s now called Books and Such Literary Management).

I initially signed on to help with …

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What Are Lit Agents Looking for Anyway?

June 9, 2019 //  by Janet Grant//  13 Comments

by Janet Kobobel Grant

When literary agents sit on a panel at a writers conference, inevitably questions pop up about what agents are looking for. Generally a lot of heming and hawing occurs in response to the queries.

“I’ll know …

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How a Literary Agent Acquires Clients

May 7, 2017 //  by Janet Grant//  40 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

What process does a literary agent use to acquire clients? That question popped up in the comments to my blog last week, in which I discussed how a publishing committee decides if it will offer you …

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6 Qualities That Make an Agent Say Yes: Finding Literary Representation

July 28, 2014 //  by Janet Grant//  79 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Our agency receives at least one hundred queries every week, which, when you think about it, means more than 5,000 per year. Plus we agents hear somewhere between 50-100 pitches when we attend writers conferences. For …

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