Forum: Literary Agents Forum

I just received my mss back from an agent who'd requested it (Betsy Amster)with a short letter saying she found it "moving" but didn't feel she was...

I keep hearing a couple of cautionary phrases. 1) It\'s harder to get a reputable agent than to get a publisher on your own; 2) Getting an agent...

I hope I'm not violating any etiquette by posting here. I am a relatively new agent, based in San Francisco, who is actively seeking additional...

I've been reading your posts here and learning more and more every time I log on. Thanks for all your help. Now I have a question. I was...

I'm new to this whole thing, and was wondering if anyone could direct me to some resources that explain query letters, how to pitch an agent, and...

I'm very pleased to hear you are okay, as I am sure everyone else on the board is.

I have recently been offered a contract for representation from The Southeast Literary Agency (Debbie Fine)in Sharpes, Florida,regarding a children's...

Hi. Thanks again to everyone who helped me with the first draft. This is my revised version of my query letter: What if your most important...

I have been madly sending query letters and proposals out for a while now. I received a call from an agent who wishes to represent me - and I think...

Interested Agents should contact me via my message # at: 336-722-1406. Sincerely, Carmen M. Smith

Hi all, Just got back a few hours ago from an afternoon of fishing and found a letter in my mailbox from an agency I sent a query letter to about a...

Thanks again for everyone's input. This is from my novel INVISIBLE SHADOWS, set in the twelfth century, when England suffered massive anti-Jewish...

Hi all-- Amidst the chaos of this last week and a half, I received word that I won first place in our state's Art Council Original Writing...

Someone reprinted an article in the NY Times for September 20 in which a group of agents were interviewed about the current state of the industry. ...

Hello, my name is Luis Bernal, Im a young venezuelan writer with residence here in my country. The motive of this letter is to find myself an agent...

To All: I've been shadowing this forum for quite some time now and I have a dilemma that I'm sure many of you face. I am married with a husband...

I sent an E=mail to a Literary Agency Asc. And received a negative response, (Oh Well, that's life.) However they did offer to critique my...

I got an odd response from the Karen Lewis literary Agency. It was a card with a check mark next to "send entire manuscript." Karen Lewis is listed...