A look behind the veil at what literary agents are thinking and some tips and tricks for writing.
Getting Started On Your Book Proposal
That introduction started as a long e-mail to the literary agent.
Notes From a Practical Agent
Once you solve the problem of the story, the anxieties of paying the bills seems to evaporate.
Writing a Second Novel (or Third or Fourth) is Notoriously Difficult
Spend four days as your character.
Eat lunch as that character.
What Makes Me Wary, What Makes Me Happy
I’m reading a manuscript and I forget that I work in the publishing industry.
Why Do Agents Go to Writers’ Conferences?
Adjectives are not your friends. They’re like too much salt.
Take a Field Trip and Get To Know Your Types of Reader
Which titles would your book be snuggled up against?
I Was Recently Reminded Why I Like Publishers
Each person who works for a publisher is looking to do something brilliant and magical and ‘right’ every day.
Should I Fly to NY to Meet My Publisher?
Don’t just hop on a plane right after the deal is made.
About Literary Film Agents
3 good times for an agent to get your books into the hands of a film agent.
The Snowflake Method
How to get your plot rolling… The craft has rules, it can be learned, and it’s not about brilliance.