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Book Broker – an interview with Ronald Gerber
July 22, 2021
There’s nothing more satisfying than helping a client realize their dreams and being involved every step of the way.
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Book Broker – an interview with Lauren Scovel
June 21, 2021
If an author can’t summarize the premise/objective for a book, or insists that it gets better after a certain number of pages, I’d suggest they revise a bit more before querying agents.
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Book Broker—an interview with Lisa Hagan
June 03, 2021
Do your homework; there are submission guidelines available on the internet and on the agents' websites. Everything is formulaic and easy to follow.
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Book Broker – an interview with Laura Gross
May 13, 2021
With a fiction submission, it is imperative that I am taken in by the tone, a simple and intelligent self-presentation.
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Book Broker – an interview with Elizabeth K. Kracht
May 12, 2021
Most manuscripts that come across my desk are about four revisions from being ready for representation.
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Book Broker – an interview with Jeff Ourvan
April 29, 2021
I look for page-turning narratives in which the dynamic between the protagonist and the plot pumps like a piston: events cause the protagonist to change; the changed protagonist alters the trajectory of the story.
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Book Broker – an interview with Kate Garrick
April 06, 2021
Everyone’s going to start on page one, so why not make sure page one is as great as possible?
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Book Broker – an interview with Mary C. Moore
March 30, 2021
Know that if you take querying seriously, agents will take your query seriously in return.
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Book Broker – an interview with Soumeya Bendimerad Roberts
March 11, 2021
I'm always looking to champion writers that don't have access to the usual avenues of success, so a note about passion and commitment to the craft catches my eye.
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Book Broker – an interview with Kathryn Green
February 05, 2021
I like to help authors get their work ready for submission, but anything that is sent to an agent should be far beyond the first draft stage.
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Book Broker – an interview with Anne Hawkins
February 04, 2021
The number one warning sign for me is sloppy prose, whether in a query letter or in the sample chapters.
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Book Broker – an interview with Meg Davis
January 26, 2021
Personalisation is a good sign the author is taking themselves seriously, and asking me to as well.
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