Posts Tagged ‘agents’
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Well, I said I needed to blog about something other than #editortips. I just didn't think I'd have blog fodder so soon. Yesterday, one of my #editortips tweets sparked a bit of debate about when it is or isn't appropriate to pitch an agent, editor, or publisher on Twitter. I said it's never appropriate unless it's invited during a pitch...
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(Hey guys, I'm participating in The Writer's Voice blogfest, and one of the requirements is that I post my query/plot summary and first 250 words here. So wish me luck!) Plot Summary: SUBHUMAN (YA, SF, post-apocalyptic) 17-year-old Kensington Randall has always felt invisible - until she becomes a moving target, and the prize in a devastating global war between mankind...
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"Interesting" is a strange word, with so many positive and negative connotations in modern vernacular it's a wonder anyone can be sure what you mean when you use it. It can mean fascinating, disturbing, intriguing, annoying, fantastic, or "oh god, the horror, the horror! Mine virgin eyes; what has been seen can never be unseen!" There's also the Chinese context,...
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Similar to my post about the ever-so-clever fellow offering a literary agent a 50% commission deal via Craigslist (and setting himself up for scammers), I've been boggling over the recent rash of Craigslist posts seeking a literary agent. I even saw one hokey-looking agency post seeking authors and screenwriters, one that screamed "scam" in flashing red lights. But this one...oh,...
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Wow, has it really been a week since I posted? Feels like an eternity. I just haven't had anything worth saying - but today, something caught my eye. On Twitter, I follow a user who's basically nothing more than a feed of all the writing and editing jobs posted to Craigslist in every major city. And as a flood of...
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Lately I've seen a rash of writers with the idea that they don't have to perfect their book as much as possible - because surely when they're discovered, agents and editors will recognize the potential for greatness and fix the flaws in their book. What? Rejected? But why? Yet if they do get a critique with their rejection, rather than...
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I currently have a project due for work in an hour and 50 minutes. It's a knotty one. And what am I doing? Following #queryday on Twitter. I am so, so screwed. But how often do you get to watch agents answer questions and post about their jobs in realtime? Also, switching back to the old layout for a day,...
Adrien-Luc Sanders is the author of From the Ashes (Entangled, August 2012). He occasionally posts useful things on Twitter under the 
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