Comments on: Working with Agents and Editors http://booksbywomen.org/working-with-agents-and-editors-by-lynn-shepherd/ Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:29:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Rosie Garland http://booksbywomen.org/working-with-agents-and-editors-by-lynn-shepherd/#comment-47348 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:29:27 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10330#comment-47348 Thank you Lynn!

I wholeheartedly agree with your preference for a hands-on editor.

My relationship with my editor is a growth experience for both of us – we’ve talked about it. Writers can forget that, with a good author-editor relationship, editors can develop their skills as much as we develop skills as writers…

]]> By: EJ http://booksbywomen.org/working-with-agents-and-editors-by-lynn-shepherd/#comment-47074 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 10:48:33 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10330#comment-47074 I’d love to see a follow up blog about what’s required to find an agent for specific genres. I write Literary Fiction, but that seems a bit too wide when doing agent research online.
I’d love seeing advice on what search parameters are needed, for agents that sell properties to Amazon’s Imprints, for example.

]]> By: Jennifer Wilck http://booksbywomen.org/working-with-agents-and-editors-by-lynn-shepherd/#comment-46547 Sun, 19 Jul 2015 02:08:33 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10330#comment-46547 Great advice! Thanks so much for sharing.

]]> By: Maureen Foss http://booksbywomen.org/working-with-agents-and-editors-by-lynn-shepherd/#comment-16861 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:10:24 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10330#comment-16861 I have three published books and a fourth finished. Seeking agent in Canada as mine has retired. It’s not easy, is it? I’m finding it frustrating. Writing comes easier to me.
I will persist.

]]> By: Karen Coles http://booksbywomen.org/working-with-agents-and-editors-by-lynn-shepherd/#comment-16162 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:02:04 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10330#comment-16162 Really interesting article. I have a lovely agent, but no editor as yet, so useful to hear your experiences 🙂

]]> By: Karoline Barrett http://booksbywomen.org/working-with-agents-and-editors-by-lynn-shepherd/#comment-15163 Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:13:27 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10330#comment-15163 Great article! I found an agent on my 125th query. She is awesome and cares about her writers. I’m so lucky to have found her.

]]> By: Working with agents and editors - collaboration or confrontation? Lynn Shepherd http://booksbywomen.org/working-with-agents-and-editors-by-lynn-shepherd/#comment-11737 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:47:23 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10330#comment-11737 […] http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/working-with-agents-and-editors-by-lynn-shepherd/ […]

]]> By: Lynn Shepherd http://booksbywomen.org/working-with-agents-and-editors-by-lynn-shepherd/#comment-11396 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 15:20:03 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10330#comment-11396 Spot on Gill, I agree

]]> By: Gill James http://booksbywomen.org/working-with-agents-and-editors-by-lynn-shepherd/#comment-11273 Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:55:48 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10330#comment-11273 Yes, some wisdom here. I’ve worked with a variety of editors. They’re usually right that there is something wrong but not right about how to fix it. That’s more work for the writer. But the text comes out all the stronger for the extra work.

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