Forum: Literary Agents Forum

FYI for fantasy writers, Moses Cardona of John Hawkins Literary Agency is not accepting fantasy submissions at this time. As far as I can tell, no...

Of all the agents who've rejected you, who was nicest about it? Who was meanest?

Are you telling me my novel with 63,000 words will not get as close a look by an agent as 100k word book?

Sent proposal out yesterday. Agent says, can't get to it for another week. But just heard from her this morning. And from what she said, it's going...

I have the feeling I'm not getting the most out of this website. Tell me if there's a better way to do this, please. When I'm looking for info on...

My full ms (200k words; just kidding, it was closer to 300k; okay, I'll stop--note: that was a joke) went out to these agents today: Ellen...

For as long as I've been on here (off and on for a couple of years), I've seen everyone quoting the 80-90k words/book thing. I'm just curious where...

I have an agent interested in representing me! Not a big agency, but she has good credentials (recent sales, no fees, etc.) This is a major step in...

Hi there...if anyone would want to, I would welcome any opinions or suggestions about my query letter here for my book. I have lurked around here...

...adding forum names (Literary agents; SMOKO; Published writers, etc.) at the top of thread pages in forum discussions. We would would like these...

Hi everyone: I have emailed some queries in the past to agents and would like again to do so, but . . . When I copy and paste my query to the...

Hi everyone, I'm sure this question has been asked in various forms a million times over the years, but I'm not sure of the protocol in my...

Does anyone have a snail mail address for an agent named Laura Langley? P&E doesn't have it and neither does Gerard's website.

I was just wondering - what's the average payment for a first book? I mean when the publisher purchases the book, not the royalties.

Sooooo, this discussion about small publishing houses and small or zero advances has got me thinking. Do agents even bother with the small...

Does anyone have experience with Charlotte Gusay's agency? I thought it a bit suspicious that they requested a $35.00 processing fee. It took them a...

I just sent out first draft of my proposal to my agent last night. For those who don't remember, or don't care, I'm doing things a bit backwards. I...