Review these common problems before you submit your work to a literary agent!
6 Things That Are Wrong With Your Manuscript | Carly Watters, Literary Agent.
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Why Agents Stop Reading Your Manuscript
Agents may not read all of your sample pages. Here are some reasons they stop. A fascinating post from Writers Digest!
7 Reasons Agents Stop Reading Your First Chapter | WritersDigest.com.
Don’t Let Rejections Keep You from Writing or Submitting
I haven’t been rejected much lately, but just because I haven’t submitted much. I’m still working on my novel and I have a terrific assignment.
I’ve looked at my old picture book manuscripts, and most of them just don’t work for the current market. I have a new one that’s close, but I won’t have time to work on it this week.
Anyway, back to rejections. Everybody who sends work out gets them, even famous award-winning writers. I’ve come across some great posts on the subject that are worth sharing.
Thursdays with Amanda: Rejections Don’t Determine Your Worth as a Writer | Chip MacGregor .com.
Lou Treleaven Interviews Stephanie Thwaites at Curtis Brown
Here’s an interview with an agent who represents books for children, Stephanie Thwaites at Curtis Brown.
Click on the link to find out more about her.
An interview with Stephanie Thwaites, children’s agent at Curtis Brown | Lou Treleaven, writer.
Hone the Pitch for Your Picture Book
Read pitches by other children’s book writers, submit your own, or just follow along to learn more about the fine art of catching an agent’s eye. There is a contest too.
Write a Funny Book for Kids and Get an Agent
Here’s a great opportunity for writers of humorous children’s books.
Hey gang, check it out. The Greenhouse Funny Prize is back. And guess what: this year, it’s open to North American writers!
Last year’s competition saw over 700 entries, and Pip Jones was our winner. Julia Churchill quickly sold Pip’s book, SQUISHY McFLUFF, THE INVISIBLE CAT, to Faber Children’s Books in a 4 book pre-empt.
So we’re putting out a call for funny stuff, from quirky picture books to wry y.a. The winner will receive an offer of representation from Greenhouse.
Wait, what?
That’s right. The winner gets rep’d people. Not bad.
Entry guidelines:
The Greenhouse Funny prize is open to un-agented writers writing funny fiction for children of all ages.
To get a good sense of the voice and where the character is headed, we’d like to see the first 5,000 words PLUS a short description (a few lines) of the book AND a one page outline that…
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Day by Day with a Literary Agent
Follow the professional routine of a working literary agent.
Question for a Literary Agent? Try this?
If you have a question your’d like to ask a literary agent, here’s your chance.
Review One Agent’s Query Slush Pile and Learn
Here’s an educational Storify. It chronicles an agent’s slush pile of queries with reasons for passing on projects.
Book Queries to an Agent (with tweets) · robinkelly1 · Storify.
Write a Killer Query for Your Novel
Find out how to write killer query letters from Tonya Kupat. Click on the link below.
One Way to Wonder 