Andrew Lownie, the best-selling literary agent in the world according to Publishers Marketplace, and recently short-listed for The Bookseller UK literary agent of the year, explains how the agency goes about selling its authors. There are three
A writer with an agent decides to self-publish? Really? Are they mad? Well, that’s what Alexander McNabb decided was the best option for this writing career. Below is a guest post where he explains why he decided to self-publish and
In this article AP Watt Agent Juliet Pickering outlines the best way to approach an agent with your book. She explains the role of an agent, what they are looking for and throws in a few insider secrets that will increase the chances of your
There’s a grey cloud hanging over the publishing industry, and I don’t mean the doom and gloom as speculation mounts over the future of books. Nor am I talking about the phenomenal of that well-known (and much derided in some quarters) trilogy.
One question that I am often asked by writers is, ‘How do I find an agent?’ In this article I will explain how you can use the internet to find a suitable agent, and suggest tactics you can use to find the best possible agent for
We have all done it… We’re a couple of months into a writing project, the story is taking shape and you have a couple of thousand good words down on paper. We feel good and we are pretty sure we know where the novel is going. Slowly the
One question that I am often asked by writers is, ‘How do I find an agent?’ In this article I will explain how you can use the internet to find a suitable agent, and suggest tactics you can use to find the best possible agent for
Mar 2014