Forum: Literary Agents Forum

Looking for advice from you all. I appreciate any nuggets of wisdom you can pass along. Let me be honest here: I self-published through...

Hello Everyone, I just thought I would offer some encouragement for anyone who might be needing some. When I first embarked on this adventure I...

Hey all, I was contacted by email by an agent based on my profile here. Her name is "Michelle Glance Rooney". Anyone heard of her? It feels...

Hello everyone, hope you are well. After querying the Charlotte Gusay Agency, who had indicated on their website that they do not charge a reading...

In light of...well, you know, I've been playing with a new direction that is short and to the point while trying to allude to what makes Willie's...

I read Anthony Ravenscroft’s explanation of amateur literary agencies and have a couple of things to add. As I once stated, one of these so-call...

I'm waffling on which book title to go with. It's a novel about a sociopathic boy murderer from an Idaho mountain town, written from the perspective...

Back in January I recieved a contract from an agent in the USA for the publication of my story Star Spangled Night Mare. At that time I trusted...

If Ron Jeremy was an agent, all correspondence from him might be something like "Oh that's nice...Oh, that's nice." Join in on the "If *BLANK* wan...

When dealing with agents, I prefer total honesty with them, even if it might jeopardize your chances with them. Don't you want an agent who values...

I have never been represented by an agent. I submitted my first novel to a few, got some standard rejection letters and some very nice ones. One...

Hi, I asked this already but did not get a good answer yet. I do not have an agent but I have published two books with a publisher who is good...

I just read a book that was entirely written by the author while in prison. Has anyone else read a good book that was written from a prison? It...

Okay, now that we (maybe) have all of the satirical "success" stories out of our system (hilarious though they may be), can someone answer a question...

Okay, I'm going to reveal my ignorance and ask, "What is a trade paperback?" I have perked the interest of Wings Press http://www.wings-press.com/...

Hi friends. I recently received my first rejection to my first full MS submission. I would love to get opinions on this letter; that is, is the...

Agents are a dime a dozen. There are so many. It's a matter finding the one true agent that really cares about you and your writing. Has anyone found...

I'm starting a new thread, even though it could be part of the long recent thread. What is good writing? To ask that is equivalent to asking "what...