By Aaron Ritchey So I was sick of it all. Sick of the rejection. Sick of editors. Sick of my stupid Amazon ranking. Sick of the current project, which was completely unmarketable. Like any publisher is going to want a young adult sci-fi/western, steampunk, biopunk, family drama, dystopian epic. Epic I tell you! Sick of…
Tag: Literary agents
An Interview with Literary Agent Pooja Menon, Kimberley Cameron and Associates
Pooja Menon joined Kimberley Cameron & Associates as an intern in the fall of 2011, with the aim of immersing herself in the elusive world of publishing. She soon realized that being an agent was what she was most drawn to as the job was varied and challenging and satisfied her craving to work with…
When It’s Time to Part With Your Agent … by Chuck Greaves
Signing with a literary agent is an early career milestone for many authors. Finding the right agent is, I submit, essential to an author’s long-term success and happiness. Having chosen both badly and well in my brief writing career, I thought I’d share both experiences, as a kind of authorial teaching moment. When I finished…
Should You Cut an Agent Some Slack?
I recently read a blog where the writer talked about her friend who had an agent that was unresponsive. Her point was that it was time for her friend to “divorce” her agent and find someone new. I get it. In the past, I’ve had unresponsive agents myself. The waiting to hear back is excruciating….
Interview With Literary Agent Margaret Bail
I recently had the good fortune of chatting with literary agent Margaret Bail of Inklings Literary. She’ll be one of the agents attending the 2014 Colorado Gold Conference.