Here’s an interesting post over at Making Light about a somewhat pathetic, somewhat hilarious site about rejection. The basic gist is that authors tend to take every rejection personally while most agents and publishers are just trying to do business.
And then there’s this article over at Salon.
Well, since it was Thursday when I sent my submissions out, they should be arriving in New York sometime in the next couple days. And that’s got me thinking about the dreaded slush pile. Just what is a slush pile? I’ve read a description of one system over at Miss Snark’s blog which can be …
the game’s afoot! Nicole Aragi’s assistant has kindly replied with a form e-mail indicating Ms. Aragi’s client list is full. At least the reply came quickly. It didn’t even take them a whole week. Now…who’s next?
Note: This is by far the most frequently trafficked post on my blog. For additional posts on my search for representation, click here. For those of you seeking more information on Ms. Aragi, click here. Here’s the letter (e-mail) I sent Ms. Aragi: Dear Ms. Aragi, I am writing to query Lithium, a 75,000 word …
My move to Newport is only a week away, so I’m getting ready to start sending queries. The really good news is that I have family and friends who have contacts in the publishing biz. This was all news to me, a sort of gift I got at my sister’s wedding (I know, I know, …
If Part 1 is true, here’s the scenario: I send my query letters out, they arrive at agents’ offices and sit in the slushpile. One of the following things happens next: 1) It arrives when the agent is on vacation and accumulates with all the other queries until the agent returns and has to sift …
So, word on the street is that it’s not the best time of year to query lit agents. There’s a lot of stuff out there about the relatively relaxed atmosphere of the publishing community. In the summer (so it’s said) editors at the big houses work four and a half days during the week and …
That’s the median annual income for an American writer according to a 1981 study commissioned by the Authors Guild Foundation. A 2000 follow-up study on the midlist (i.e. books that are not blockbusters; they tend to be ‘serious’ literary fiction or nonfiction books with comparatively modest sales) indicates that this has probably not changed significantly …
Courtesy of Miss Snark * The Abacus Group Literary Agency * Allred and Allred Literary Agents (refers clients to “book doctor” Victor West of Pacific Literary Services) * Capital Literary Agency (formerly American Literary Agents of Washington, Inc.) * Barbara Bauer Literary Agency * Benedict & Associates (also d/b/a B.A. Literary Agency) * Sherwood Broome, …
