Finding a Literary Agent
A good author/literary agent relationship can be as potent and rewarding as a good marriage.
5 Tips for Selling Your Book — Even Before It's Published
As much as the publishing industry has changed throughout the years, one thing is constant: Marketing is vital to a book's success.
Publishing Market Update: 2018
Getting a contract with a traditional publishing house is possible, but it is going to take some work.
Query Letters for Nonfiction Books: Get an Agent Interested BEFORE You Write the Proposal
If you're a nonfiction author who does not yet have an agent, you can save time and energy by sending a query letter to potential agents.
How to Submit to a Literary Agent
Do you know what literary agents are looking for? Or what will make them want to read your manuscript? Or what might turn them off?
The Latest Insider Information for Writers
The following articles provide information that will help authors no matter what they are writing.
Stalking the Elusive Literary Agent
I recently met a writer who had begun submitting her first novel to literary agents and had a lot of questions: "Why did an agent tell me that I should work with an independent editor and then resubmit it? Why didn't he offer to help me himself?” “Why do agents mail out form rejections instead...
Finding an Agent for Your Novel: How to Write a Perfect Query Letter
The power of a query letter cannot be overestimated. An agent forms a first impression of you and your manuscript from your query letter, and it's often solely responsible for convincing the agent to read your work. There's no true formula for a query letter; if there were, every single manuscript would be requested by...
Sell Your Book With a Winning Proposal
Anyone who intends to get a nonfiction book published must write a book proposal first. Here's what you need to know.
Your 10-Second Pitch to Agents and Editors
You're at a writers' conference where you're lucky enough to meet a literary agent. When you tell her you've written a book, she asks, “What's it about?” Do you start rambling aimlessly—and lose her interest? Or do you capture her imagination in seconds with one short sentence that makes her say, “Tell me more!”? A...