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The New Literary Agents

http://newliteraryagents.blogspot.com

We're book publicists turned new literary agents. We talk about the writing life, how to get published, how to deal with the book industry and how to keep from losing your mind in this changing publishing climate!

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  • A LESSON FROM SOMEONE "IN THE MOMENT"

    Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 12:48 in Personal, details, the business of agenting

    I had a bad morning--one of those days when nothing seems to be working out. Too many projects, not enough time, miscommunication, the works. Jon wasn't doing any better at his desk and we growled and sniped our way through our tasks. Plus, we have a...

  • WRITERS CONFERENCE WEEKEND

    Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 09:01 in authors, writing workshops, the writing life, the business of agenting

    I sat on the agents' panel at the Montgomery County Community College Writers Conference in Blue Bell, PA last weekend. The entire affair was classy and smoothly run. As usual at these events, I don't know who benefited more, the agents or the author...

  • JURY'S IN: IT WAS A HOAX

    Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 11:16 in authors, rejections, the writing life, queries, the business of agenting, ethics and systems

    Most of you weighed in that the "simply too busy" author wrote her astounding query with her tongue firmly planted in her cheek. Perhaps the underlying mission was to poke at agents who had rejected her.I hope it made her feel better. Getting form re...

  • "SIMPLY TOO BUSY...."

    Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 11:39 in blogs, authors, queries, ethics and systems

    MEMOTO: Our Loyal Readers FROM: The "Just When You Think You've Seen It All" department RE: A doozie of a query DATE: Today Breezing through email queries this morning--some good, some bad, one just right--when I received the following: "Please ...

  • NO MORE FANTASIES, PLEASE

    Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 15:58 in details, queries, the business of agenting

    I likes this one!It's been a busy week. I'm leaving for Boise at the crack of dawn tomorrow and packing files and partials that will accompany me. Although the purpose of this visit is to help my brother and his wife as she heals from ankle surgery, ...

  • A WEEK OF R&R ON THE OUTER BANKS

    Posted on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 08:05 in Personal

    Before the bottom fell out and Jon's dad began his final decline this summer, we'd made plans to visit North Carolina's Outer Banks in September. So, even though a flooded basement, aging cats, and stacks of reading demanded our attention, we drove o...

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