Welcome to Perpetual WIPs, and thank you for checking it out! To see what it’s all about, read this post first: Am I Normal? However, as you can see, this time I’ve done something a little different, and gotten perspectives from the other side of the inbox. Hopefully, these fantastic agents’ outlooks will be just as helpful in guiding writers through the industry, if not more so!
Click on the question to see the answers provided by the wonderful literary agents who contributed!
What would you consider Fundamental Etiquette of Querying?
Do you respond to all queries or are you a “No Response = No” agent and why?
What’s are “must discuss” topics of conversation when you have The Call with a potential client?
What factors into where you submit a manuscript, and what’s your standard submission strategy like?
What’s your philosophy on representing a “hybrid” author, i.e. part self-pub, part traditional pub?
What training/experience do you recommend for someone who’s interested in becoming an agent?
What do you wish more people understood about the job of an agent?
So glad to hear you guys are getting so much out of it! Thank you!!
I keep going back and re-reading this! I’ve done it at least 4 times this week alone. It’s wonderful to see the diversity of style and opinion 🙂
First time I’ve visited your site & I will absolutely point aspiring authors your way. This is like a mini-conference in real life writing.
Dahlia, this is fantasic! I find your site very helpful. You obviously put a lot of time and thought into developing posts that are genuinely helpful to writers. These are great tools! And they go way beyond the oft-regurgitated “10 steps to a great query letter.” Thanks!!!