Finding An Agent
Finding An Agent: A Potential Website for Aspiring Writers
Thursday, August 20th, 2009 | Finding An Agent, Selling Your Work, The Writing Life | No Comments
It occurs to me that I have not posted anything about how to find an agent in ages. I have gotten caught up in my own recent experiences of selling my novel and learning about the publishing world. All that is a lot of fun, as well as a lot of work, but before she can secure a sale to a large house, a writer has to find the right agent.
San Francisco Writers’ Conference: Breaking Through Writer’s Block
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 | Finding An Agent, The Writing Life | No Comments
I almost did not write this post today. The conference ended only Sunday, and today is Tuesday. I thought to myself, “I need more time to take in all that I learned. I need time to think.” Well, I’ve decided to ignore all that. I have too much work to do on my novel revision to wait any longer. Whatever my thoughts are, they’re going online. Because I was completely inspired by this year’s San Francisco’s Writers’ Conference.
German Pastries in New York
Monday, October 16th, 2006 | Finding An Agent, Uncategorized | No Comments
I had breakfast yesterday with my agent and her husband at a fabulous restaurant in the German/Viennese museum on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 86th Street. I am lucky enough to have an agent who, though she lives in San Francisco, is interested in keeping in contact with me, so whenever she is in town, we get together just to talk and catch up. We talk business, of course, but we also spend time getting to know each other better, so that the rest of the year, when we’re reduced to emails and phone calls, we have a better idea of who is on the other end of the line.
Nail Biting is part of the Process
Monday, October 9th, 2006 | Finding An Agent, Selling Your Work, Uncategorized | No Comments
Needless to say, writing is hard. Not just the sitting in the chair and getting down what the Muse gives you, which is hard enough. (Though a joy, too. Please Muse, keep the work coming…)
It’s also hard to sell the stuff. Once you get an agent, then you have to wait. You send the manuscript, finally revised and finished (for now) and it disappears into the hands of editors, who may take as long as six months or longer to pass on it. I haven’t sold anything yet, so I can’t tell you yet how long it takes to sell something.
