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Agents and Editors

In the Agents and Editors section of The How to Write Shop, you will find articles on how to get your book in front of literary agents and book editors, how to find literary agents and editors who are looking for books like yours, and how to write query letters and a synopsis to grab the attention of literary agents and book editors.

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Role of the Literary Agent in a Changing Marketplace

November 30, 2012 by Lori Devoti 5 Comments
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(This article, originally published in the Ninc newsletter, is a report on one panel I attended at the 2012 Novelists Inc. Conference in White Plains N.Y. This article was also referenced by literary agent Jim McCarthy of Dystel & Goderich in his blog post When Agents Attack.) Industry Guests: Robert Gottleib (Trident Media Group), Nita … [Read more…]

Posted in: Agents and Editors, Featured, Writing Business Tagged: literary agents, Novelists Inc., writing conferences

Report: Novelists Inc. Conference 2012: Social Media, Agents, Self-Publishing Success

October 31, 2012 by Lori Devoti 3 Comments
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Thanks to the threat of Sandy, I came back from the Novelists Inc. Conference in New York two days earlier than originally planned. Thankfully, this still gave me the chance to see many friends and make a number of new ones. I also was able to attend the first two days of panels and roundtables. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Agents and Editors, Conferences, Featured, Indie Publishing, Marketing, Writing Business, Writing Life Tagged: Bella Andre, indie publishing, literary agents, Novelists Inc., self-publishing, social media

How to Get Your Book Published

August 8, 2012 by Lori Devoti 2 Comments
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Lately, I’ve been getting a number of emails from people asking how to get their first book published. Enough that I realized there was still a need for some step-by-step guidelines on how to get your book published. So, you have a book and you want to get it published. 1.) How to get your … [Read more…]

Posted in: Agents and Editors, Writing Business Tagged: critique group, editors, finding a literary agent, get published

How to Write a Query Letter for Your Young Adult Manuscript

June 1, 2012 by KristiCook 7 Comments
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Okay, you’ve finished writing and polishing your young adult manuscript.  Now what?  Let’s say you’ve decided to go the “traditional” publishing route–then your next step is to query agents.  Sure, it is possible to sell a YA manuscript without an agent, but it’ll be much harder (and usually happens when an author makes a connection … [Read more…]

Posted in: Agents and Editors, Writing Business Tagged: literary agent, query letters, verla Kay blueboards, young adult markets

Harlequin New Voices – A Learning Experience for Everyone

October 21, 2011 by Bobbi Dumas Leave a Comment
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  So, if you haven’t heard, Harlequin Mills & Boon (the branch out of London) had a big contest over the past few weeks, called the New Voices Contest. There were over 1,000 entries, and only 21 finalists.  The editors at M&B have given some short public overviews on what they liked about the finalists … [Read more…]

Posted in: Agents and Editors, Writing Business Tagged: critiques, Harlequin, Mills and Boon, writing contest
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