I’ve had very little free time the last couple of weeks, hence the lack of posts, but Courtney Vail had an excellent question in the comments to my series on how I found an agent, which I wanted to address.
Here are some of the sites to reference when putting together a list of questions to ask [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Step Five: Questions To Ask A Literary Agent Offering Representation
Posted in Publishing, Writing, tagged Agent, Literary Agent, offer of representation, Publishing, Writing on October 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Quick Links To My Agent Posts
Posted in Writing, tagged Agent, agent research, fiction, finding an agent, getting published, Literary Agent, Publishing, Query Letter, Writing, writing a query on October 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
For easy reference, here are links to my series of posts about how I found my agent:
How I Found My Agent: Learn From My Mistakes!
Step One: Agent Research
Step Two: Writing the Query
Step Three: The Querying Process
Step Four: Waiting and Deciding and What to Do When the Offer Comes
Step Five: Questions To Ask A Literary Agent Offering Representation
Step Four: Waiting and Deciding and What to Do When the Offer Comes
Posted in Publishing, Writing, tagged Agent, fiction, Literary Agent, Novel, Publishing, Query, Writing on October 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
STEP FOUR: WAITING AND DECIDING
For me, it was a very long nine months of querying and waiting, full of highs and lows. I spent a lot of time at both ends of the emotional spectrum because of how many agents said “yes” to the query and then passed after reading the manuscript. I knew I [...]
Great Run Through the Old Neighborhood
Posted in Running, tagged baseball, childhood home, debate, exercise, high school, iPods, McCain, middle school, morning run, Obama, old neighborhood, practice, Running, soccer on October 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Well, thanks to a very bizarre and bad dream (probably the result of watching too many talking heads on TV after the Obama & McCain debate), I awoke suddenly at 6:00 AM today… just in time to get myself out the door for an invigorating 4 mile run on the chilly and dark streets of our town. 34 minutes [...]
Step Three: The Querying Process
Posted in Publishing, Writing, tagged Agent, fiction, ICM, Literary Agent, Nora Roberts, Novel, Publishing, Query, Query Letter, rejection, William Morris, Writing on October 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
STEP THREE: THE QUERYING PROCESS
After I made my list of agents and I perfected my query letter, I started by querying my “top 10″ based on my rough rankings.
As each rejection came in, I queried another agent on my list. I also didn’t stop researching agents. I continued adding agents to my list whenever I [...]
Running in the Snow
Posted in Running, YouTube, tagged exercise, mix tape, Nike+, Running, running in the snow, running mix, Scars on Broadway, snow, winter, YouTube on October 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
No, I wasn’t running in the snow this weekend, but I did get out there on Friday and Sunday, which felt very good. I’m planning to go out again tomorrow, hopefully, depending on how crazy my already crazy schedule is. I’ve found some of the Scars on Broadway album is perfect for running; other tracks [...]
Step Two: Writing the Query
Posted in Publishing, Writing, tagged Agent, fiction, How To Get Published, Literary Agent, Nicholas Sparks, Novel, Publishing, Query, Stephen King, Writing on October 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »
STEP TWO: WRITING THE QUERY
After your novel is written, revised numerous times, and read by several first readers (who give BRUTALLY honest feedback), you’ll need to write and revise (and revise and revise) your one page query letter.
Take your time with this letter. I’m shocked when agents mention receiving query letters with typos and other [...]
