Comments on: BEING AGENTED IRL – Part Two https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-two/ Sun, 25 Mar 2018 17:50:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Charlotte https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-two/#comment-49175 Sun, 25 Mar 2018 17:50:25 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22042#comment-49175 Interview gives excellent ideas of what to ask an agent before signing. Personally, I would never sign with an agent who gave my book only one month to get an offer before scraping the submission and wanting me to start a new book. I’ve been in this business for a long time and most of the successful authors I know took much longer than that to get a deal. Certainly something I wouldn’t be happy to find out after I’d signed.

]]> By: DeBonis Karen https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-two/#comment-49174 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 19:26:20 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22042#comment-49174 This was so helpful – thanks!

]]> By: MM Finck https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-two/#comment-49173 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:08:59 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22042#comment-49173 In reply to Sue Featherstone.

I’m so glad that you found an editor that you love! I have to say, in defense of agents, that the client-editor model and client-agent model are very different. The agent works for free, on faith, until a book makes money. Even then, it is a small percentage of the author’s small percentage. In order to survive they have to hustle and juggle. Editors – I am also an editor – are paid up front. Taking on a client is significantly less of a risk. What risks there are aren’t financial, whereas every choice an agent makes is a gamble of the best use of her time and potential earnings or not.

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment and especially to leave your editor’s name. First hand praise like that is invaluable. I hope you enjoy the rest of the series!
~MM
WWWB Agents’ Corner

]]> By: Sue Featherstone https://booksbywomen.org/being-agented-irl-part-two/#comment-49147 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:06:48 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22042#comment-49147 I don’t have an agent but reading this has made me realise that my editor Kate Foster is an even bigger star than I thought – supportive, responsive and utterly professional.

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