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Agents and Books
Agents and Books
The FAQ on how to find an agent and how to write books, all in one place.
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Getting Started
Guide to Agents & Books
Useful Topics linked here!
Literary Agents
How to Research Literary Agents
What Happens When Your Agent Quits
How Do You Find a GOOD Agent?
What's Really a Referral?
Query Letters
How To Write a Query Letter
Part 1
How To Write a Query Letter
Part 2
How To Write a Query Letter
Part 3
How Many Queries Should I Send?
Query Letters for Non-Fiction
What Genre Is My Book?
Is it OK to Revise and Resubmit a Query?
When is the Best Time to Send a Query?
Inside Publishing
What is a Plaform?
What You Don't Know About Contracts
How Publicity Works
How This Got Published
What's an Option Clause?
Contracts Are Not About Feelings
Book Proposals and Manuscripts
What's a Book Proposal?
How to do an Essay Collection
How to do an Anthology
What is the Point of Editing?
How to Write a Whole Novel
Time to Edit your Book!
How to Learn to Love Outlining
Illustrated Book Proposals
Why Word Count Matters
Being an Author
When Can You Follow Up?
How to Quit Your Job and Write Full Time
How to Get Over Professional Disappointment
Do I Need a Book Tour?
What Happens When You Get an Offer for Your Book?

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