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literary agents

The Teacher is Always the Student

March 25, 2009 by Joanna Slan

We had a totally excellent “Getting Published” class last night at Lewis & Clark Community College. First of all, I love their Edwardsville campus at 700 Troy. It’s the conclave of brick buildings that I’ve been told was a former factory site. The classrooms are spacious, light and well-appointed. But what made the class really […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: learning, Lewis and Clark Community College, literary agents, marketing, publishing, Vicki Sullivan

Why You Need an Agent–and Query Letters that Worked–Part I

November 18, 2008 by Joanna Slan

I promised to write about agents, so here I go. Let’s start with the four ways for getting an agent that I personally know work:* 1. Pitch an agent at a writers’ conference–meet the agent face-to-face and tell him/her about your book. SleuthFest is a great writers’ conference for this. So’s Crime Bake. Why? They […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: editors, Guppies, literary agents, query letters, Sisters in Crime

About Literary Agents.

November 11, 2008 by Joanna Slan

Rick Frishman posted this interesting take on literary agents. Literary agents have emerged as the publishers’ gatekeepers. They are middlemen (and women), go-betweens and facilitators. Approximately 80 percent of the books that publishing houses release were brought to them by agents. Most publishing houses give agented submissions more attention because editors have a high level […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: author, book sales, literary agents, Rick Frishman

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