Last episode I spoke to Michael R. Fletcher about agents and his experiences with getting one. This episode I’m going to continue that conversation with Alexander Pierce. Alex recently signed with an agent and agreed to talk to me about his process to query and make that eventual connection. I will admit to you that I will be doing several episodes with agents as the theme in the next little while. I suppose that reflects my own interest in querying agents. I hope you are as curious as I am about the who process. And, as always, I would like to invite you to leave me any comments, questions, tips or any other feedback you might have. And before we […]
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Agent Search: Is Now the Right Time?
I have been considering the idea of an agent search more and more frequently the past couple years. Initially, I kept asking myself what I might have to offer an agent. In case you are wondering, that was the younger, more pessimistic me (yes, I’m older now and I’m still occassionally pessimistic – on the whole I have a great deal more self-confidence in myself and my writing now) As I have grown more comfortable in my own writer’s skin, I’ve changed that question from what to how much? As in, “How much time do I realistically have to look for an agent?” It even goes one step further too and this is where the cold chills often grip me. […]
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