How to Get a Literary Agent, part 6: I have multiple offers! Now what?

First of all: congratulations! Multiple offers is something to be excited about. I know it seems like a hard decision, and it is one. Choosing an agent is choosing someone who’s going to be your partner, who’s going to manage your career and help you on your way to get published. After the calls and […]

How to Get a Literary Agent, Part 5: Talking to Other Clients

One of the most important things after getting an offer is talking to the agent’s clients. You want to talk to other clients to see if they’re happy in their relationship with this agent, and to get a feel of what it’s like working with them. This part of the process can be enlightening. One […]

How to Get a Literary Agent, Part 4: The Call

Hi everyone! I’m doing a series of posts on getting an agent and the whole process we go through as writers, and I feel like there are already a bunch of posts on it out there. With that in mind, I’ve compiled the most useful advice I received and am putting it on a series […]

How to Get a Literary Agent, Part 3: The Query Trenches

Congratulations! You know have both your well-researched list of agents as well as your query letter, ready to go. It’s now time to get in there and submit your queries to said agents, and hopefully one of them will turn out to be an offer. There is a good method of submission, which is to […]

How to Get a Literary Agent, Part 2: The Query

Hi everyone! This is post 2 in the series of How to get a Literary Agent.Read Part 1 here. This week we’re tackling one of the most difficult issues of the writing life: the query. I love queries. That might sound weird, but I’ve loved them ever since I’ve learned to write them. I particularly […]

How to Get a Literary Agent, Part 1: Research

Hi everyone! I’m kicking off a series of posts in the blog on how to get an agent. It’s a list of resources and questions and everything else you need to know about the process of getting an agent. The first thing you need is: you have to write a book.