So, I always thought the synopsis was what you would see on the back of a book, briefly discussing the central settings, characters, and themes,...
I've only ever come across discussions regarding agents that have to do with fiction and non-fiction, but I assume - unless I'm missing something...
I have an MS that is about as good as I can get it. My plan is to query agents rather than publishers. Now I know, with the best will in the...
I'm going simply by logic here, but if an agent is open to queries from the general public, he would have to understand that he's extremely...
Typically speaking, dystopian fiction that has both a strong narrative and plenty of action, without mythical powers, creatures or sorcery of any...
Im a bit new to this publishing thing, and I haven't gotten to the painstaking point of looking for potential agents for my manuscrpit, but I want...
Firstly, thanks so much for the support on the other thread! I'm confused about this 8 agents at a time thing - I agree that if you send to 8 you...
I recently came off my last round of submitting to agents, and I find it such a grueling process... finding the agent, cutting and pasting their...
And how important is it to agents/publishers if they're considering your work? I'm planning to start a blog, which I suppose will also serve as...
I'm aware that there's a slightly similar thread already up, but I wanted to be more specific. I recently applied for a creative writing and...
Do you correspond strictly with regards to your project and nothing else? Chat a little? Date and have sex? I'm just curious how the writer-agent...
About six months ago I started the somewhat painful process of shopping my first two novels around. Perhaps naively I just picked up a copy of the...
Hello all! I have been querying agents for the past few weeks and I have gotten no love. Like seriously, zip. Lots of form letter rejections,...
A lot of times, advice on this forum is offered based on second-hand information, or even just what someone (often, a very inexperienced someone)...
Firstly, forgive me for barging in here and not offering any form of input and expecting critiques. I have an agent, who after reading the first...
I'm in the process of editing a 75k word memoir tentatively titled SPACE MONKEY. I am rewriting the entire manuscript in first person. The...
Recently, I became aware that there are various conferences, or conventions, where Agents gather in their droves. Does anyone have any experience...
as some of you may know, we lost dave kuzminski last month and the fate of his brainchild p&e, one of the best writers' resources on the internet...
www.agentquery.com is a large and well-established website that acts as a database for literary agents. This site offers writers information on...
Hi there, After just under two years of writing, rewriting, and then editing, as well as other projects, I am finally ready to submit my first...
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