"The first step in blogging is not writing them but reading them." ~Jeff Jarvis
OK, I'm not really going to talk ALL about the agent search today. If you're currently looking for an agent, though, you should know that the best thing you can do is lots and lots of research. Make sure the agents you're querying for your project actually rep that kind of work; find out who else they rep; do your best to figure out if that person is a good match for you. Do you (and they) like a hands-on relationship with your writing? Or less so?
There are many good agent blogs to read on a regular basis; these folks give you tons of insight to their world, and you really can learn a lot from them. Two I recommend:
Nathan Bransford
Kristin Nelson
And finally, though I don't read her blog on a regular basis, I found this post on Jenny Bent's to be very interesting. It's actually by one of her interns and talks about why so many queries are rejected (it's not why you think!)
And why all this discussion of agents today? Well, I'm in the final revision stages of my YA novel and am taking some time now to put together the list of agents I want to query for it. I'll keep you posted!
2 comments:
Good luck, Allie! I hope you get an agent for you YA novel.
I sent a query to Jenny Bent long time ago. Btw, I did spell query correctly. LOL Great article. I can't believe what some people put in their query letters.
I have received requests for full manuscripts from my query letters but then rejections. I haven't queried agents lately.
Thanks, Diane! I'll post results as I query...
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