Seventy-Eight Agents to Follow on Twitter
Follow these agents on Twitter to gain insight into their tastes, author lists, and what kind of work they’re currently seeking.
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Q&A: A Merger of Literary, Legal Minds
Agent Gillian MacKenzie on her new partnership with lawyer Kirsten Wolf.
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Standing the Test of Time
George Saunders and Esther Newberg, Victor LaValle and Glora Loomis, Roxana Robinson and Lynn Nesbit on what it takes to maintain a long-term agent-author relationship.
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Agent Advice: Annie Hwang of Folio Literary Management
A literary agent answers readers’ questions—from how seriously agents consider a writer’s previous sales to how to responsibly seek new representation.
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We Mean Business: Twelve Agents Who Want to Read Your Work
Literary agents offer honest, unfiltered advice on how to find, approach, and secure the perfect agent for your work.
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Getting Paid: How Book Advances Work
A behind-the-scenes look at the inexact science—and mathematics—of book advances, from small presses to the Big Five.
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Agents as Editors: Understanding the New Author-Agent Relationship
The consolidation of the book industry over the past decade has meant a blurring of boundaries between the conventional roles of agent and editor.
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Agent Advice: Rebecca Gradinger of Fletcher & Company
Literary agent Rebecca Gradinger explains why writers need agents and offers tips about best practices for finding one.
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Agent Advice: Jennifer Carlson of Dunow, Carlson & Lerner
The agent of authors such as Kevin Brockmeier and Marisa de los Santos offers her thoughts on self-publishing and what she looks for in the first five pages of a writing sample.
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Agents & Editors: Jennifer Joel
Jennifer Joel, whose clients include Chris Cleave, Joe McGinniss Jr., Evan Osnos, and Shonda Rhimes, talks about the difference between selling fiction and nonfiction, what inspires her to go the extra mile for her authors, and what writers should really want out of publishing.
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