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What to do When More than one Agent Requests your Full Manuscript

When I started getting requests from agents, I had one large question looming over my head. Do you let the agents who had already requested your full know that you’ve had more requests? I couldn’t find...

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Interview with Rachel Hecht of Foundry Literary and Media.

Today we are interviewing Rachel Hecht of Foundry Literary and Media. Thank you so much for agreeing to be here, Rachel! Me: How did you become an agent?  Rachel: I started out in publishing as a...

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Understanding an Agent’s Response to your Query Letter and Replying...

There are several different responses you can get when you send out a query letter to an agent. They are: A form rejection- This is the least helpful response. It means absolutely nothing, other than...

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Interview with literary agent Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary

Today, we’re interviewing Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc. Thank you so much, Suzie, for being here today!   Me: How did you become an agent? Suzie: I sort of fell into it. I had...

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How to Nudge an Agent

So you’ve sent your requested materials off to an agent. You’ve waited like a good little child, but it’s two weeks past the amount of time they asked you to allot them to read your work. You’ve heard...

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Interview with literary agent Laura Biagi of Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency Inc.

Today, we are interviewing Laura Biagi of the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency. Thank you so much for being here, Laura!   Me: How did you become an agent? Laura: The roots of how I came to become an...

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Interview with literary agent Steve Kasdin of Curtis Brown, LTD.

Today we are interviewing literary agent Steve Kasdin of Curtis Brown Literary. Thanks so much for being her today, Steve!   Me: How did you become an agent? Steve: I started by working in a bookstore,...

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How this writer got a literary agent.

A few weeks ago Lacey Wolfe, a wonderful romance author, contacted me. She has a lovely series on her blog called Writers Words of Wisdom, and she asked if I would write a guest post about how I found...

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Interview with literary agent Pam van Hylchama Vlieg of Foreword Literary, Inc.

Today we’re interviewing literary agent Pam van Hylchama Vlieg of Foreword Literary, Inc. Thanks so much for being here, Pam.   Me: How did you become an agent? Pam: I spent a few years interning at...

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Interview with literary agent Jen Karsbaek of Foreword Literary, Inc.

Today we’re interviewing Jen Karsbaek of Foreword Literary, Inc. Welcome, Jen!   Me: How did you become an agent? Jen: For five years before I became an agent I was a book blogger, founder of Devourer...

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Interview with literary agent Jessica Sinsheimer of the Sarah Jane Freymann...

Today, we’re interviewing literary agent Jessica Sinsheimer of the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency. Thank you so much for being here, Jessica!   Me: How did you become an agent? Jessica: It was...

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Amy’s 12-week writer’s challenge.

I’ve been seeing a lot of challenges on blogs lately; parenting challenges, marriage challenges, faith challenges, etc. I started thinking about it and wondered, why aren’t there any challenges for...

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Interview with literary agent Lara Perkins of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.

Today we are interviewing Lara Perkins of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Thank you so much for being here today, Lara!   Me: How did you become an agent? Lara: Not in a very direct way! I was in...

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Reminder: the writer’s challenge starts on Thursday!

Okay, everybody! The official kick-off to the twelve week writer’s challenge is going to be Thursday. Each week we’ll have exercises, challenges etc. People who complete those tasks (either by...

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Amy’s writing challenge- week one.

It’s the official kick-off for my writing challenge today! I’m super excited! I hope you are too! So let’s get started! Week One- write. This is the only task that will carry over from week to week....

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Delay in Writer’s Challenge (or, a sickness in the family).

Hi, everybody. I’m so sorry that I couldn’t get the post up today. My entire family (husband, me, three-year-old, four-month-old, and even my parents!) is super sick with some sort of chest cold....

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Writer’s challenge; week two- analyze.

First of all, I want to apologize for not getting the writer’s challenge up last week. My husband, myself, my three-year-old, and four-month-old all came down with a horrendous chest cold. Seriously,...

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Writer’s challenge week 3-educate yourself; and a book giveaway!

So how is everyone doing on the writer’s challenge? Is everyone keeping up with their word goals? Did anyone analyse a book? I’d love to receive some feedback. If no one is enjoying the challenge, I...

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Winner of book giveaway.

Tangynt, you’ve won the free digital copy of Once Upon a Twist! If you use the contact form to get in touch with me, I can get you your book. Congratulations! As far as my blog and the Writer’s...

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I had a short story published!

I’m still on hiatus, but the good news is that my manuscript is almost done! I expect to have it finished (rough draft) by mid-September. And I’m working on lining up interviews with some great...

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