https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2017/04/just-cause-shes-agent-doesnt-mean-shes.html?showComment=1491392478429
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Just cause she's an agent doesn't mean she's right (said the agent who...
Yesterday I received the most heartbreaking rejection, and find myself again questioning how to know when to take an agent's feedback to h...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-cant-plot-for-love-or-money-should-i.html?showComment=1479486048413
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: I can't plot for love or money, should I quit writing novels?
Let me first start off by assuring you that this isn't a question about quitting writing. I know how you feel about the Q word and, the...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: How are all y'all doing?
This might be the weirdest week of my life. It's weird because I'm sort of afraid to leave my house, and I really don't ever need to, but a...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/09/saturday-not-just-for-cats-anymore.html?showComment=1474144780343
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Saturday: not just for cats anymore
Rose-Buddy (nee Rosebud!) My daughter was excited to adopt a fiddler crab from her fourth grade classroom last spring, and carefully...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: THE CAT WHO WAS VERY VERY SAD
Lilian Jackson Braun who wrote the delightful, whimsical "CAT WHO" mystery novels has died. She had a long life, was loved by many, and ...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: I can hear your yowls of protest even before this is posted
Clearly some of you have been nipping into the cooking sherry at breakfast; many suggestions have the whiff of spent decorum and what-the-he...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/06/reasons-i-said-no-to-25-queries-and-how.html?showComment=1466539600655
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Reasons I said no to 25 queries (and how to avoid being one of them)
1. Memoir: no overarching theme. The memoir was largely "this terrible but interesting thing happened to us" but there was no sense of how...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/12/top-ten-plus-one-reads-this-year.html?showComment=1449700042811
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Top Ten plus one Reads this year
The books are listed in reverse chrono order of when I read them, not in order of which I liked most. Killing Trail by Margaret Misushima ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/08/your-invisibility-cloak-isnt-working.html?showComment=1252248575204
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Your invisibility cloak isn't working!
I was tweeting with one my twitter pals the other day and she made the comment: "After reading some of the comments on querytracker it's ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2020/03/how-are-all-yall-doing.html?showComment=1584203984978
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: How are all y'all doing?
This might be the weirdest week of my life. It's weird because I'm sort of afraid to leave my house, and I really don't ever need to, but a...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2014/01/rant-pitch-sessions-are-spawn-of-satan.html?showComment=1389809103256
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Rant: Pitch sessions are the spawn of Satan
Pitch sessions are the spawn of Satan. They're an evil born of writing conferences and writers' understandable eagerness to get in front o...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2014/06/get-well-soon-writing-contest.html?showComment=1403995420582
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Get Well Soon Writing Contest
One of the blog readers has been laid up for four weeks+ with a "temporary and not too serious" illness and just happened to mention that la...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/05/part-two-first.html?showComment=1464003252329
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Part two, first
Do agents ever consider starting with the second of a two part series? I published my first novel, of crime plus supernatural, several ye...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/11/week-in-review-11115.html?showComment=1446427396903
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Week in Review 11/1/15
Last week's review was late due to my painting adventures. For those of you following my version of Game of Tones , you'll be glad to ...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: $13.99 + (head) tax
Recently I attended a bookstore event for a debut author. (I'm going to be sketchy on specific details to protect my fragile ego.) I knew...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2011/04/impromptu-writing-contest.html
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Impromptu Writing Contest!
I've got a copy of THE NIGHT SEASON audio book version by Chelsea Cain! You want it, yes you do! Here's your chance to get your paws on i...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/03/querying-when-you-might-be-unreachable.html?showComment=1458052911605
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Querying when you might be unreachable
I have an international move coming up but my book's just about ready to query. Knowing that it can take weeks for a response, my instinct ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/03/publishing-previously-sold-work-on-your.html?showComment=1459469843493
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Publishing previously sold work on your website.
I want to make the trip to my website worthwhile for readers, so I'm including some samples of my writing. My question revolves around p...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2008/05/gary-corby-where-are-you.html?showComment=1211737560000
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Gary Corby, where are you?
Your email bounced back. Your website is gone. I want to read pages. You're making it hard to do so! Last chance!
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/07/how-hell-did-janet-get-pried-out-of-ny.html?showComment=1469547005691
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: How the hell did Janet get pried out of NY writing contest results-AND...
I am back home in my beloved NYC, having met cows, writers, and Canadians. It was quite the adventure! You guyz were up to your usual shen...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/06/interacting-with-agents-on-twitter.html?showComment=1466185735745
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Interacting with agents on Twitter
Rejections sucks, no two ways about it, and it's particularly painful if you feel a connection to the agent. And, Twitter can make...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/05/celebrate-your-milestones.html?showComment=1462976841158
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Celebrate YOUR milestones
Some time back I finished editing/revising/consulting/developing and generally gnashing my fangs over a non-fiction book proposal. The autho...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/02/how-long-do-i-wait-when-im-already.html?showComment=1455808899184
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: How long do I wait when I'm already a client?
I spent a couple of months reading Query Shark posts, taking copious notes, and hammering out my own query letter. Thanks to your terrifyin...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2011/10/waiting-game.html?showComment=1319035450413
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: The waiting game
I didn't take on two novels this week for very different reasons. The first was for a novel that is simply out of my league. I'll read it...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Great Gassy Goblins it's another writing contest!
Today is the last day you're safe from Vordak T. Incomprehensible, the baddest bad guy to ever stake out the rake department at Home Depot. ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2022/12/flash-fiction-contest.html?showComment=1670680212657
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Flash Fiction Contest!
It was such fun last week, let's do it again! The usual rules apply: 1. Write a story using 100 words or fe...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/04/is-my-agent-idiot-yes-yes-he-is.html?showComment=1433710801205
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Is my agent an idiot? Yes, yes he is.
I've read your blog with interest, and have a question that I don't think is addressed. It's regarding expectations writers can have of th...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/05/query-question-withdrawing-query.html?showComment=1431155117930
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Query Question: withdrawing a query
Lets say you have sent out a certain number of queries and you're getting a rate of rejection that seems to beg a rewrite (even if its ju...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2008/03/one-fast-way-to-be-rejected-or-fired.html?showComment=1206756060000
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: One fast way to be rejected or fired
Be mean, rude, or otherwise unbearable to the non-agent staff in the office. Yup, that'll do it. There are three people in our office wh...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-duchess-of-yowl-flash-fiction.html?showComment=1448288722272
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: The Duchess of Yowl flash fiction contest results
I have spent the entire weekend lollygagging about petting the cat and cozying up to HBO on the couch. The ONLY thing I got done was the con...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/02/how-long-do-i-wait-when-im-already.html?showComment=1455802140822
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: How long do I wait when I'm already a client?
I spent a couple of months reading Query Shark posts, taking copious notes, and hammering out my own query letter. Thanks to your terrifyin...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2017/01/surprise-me.html?showComment=1483636299438
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Surprise me
I was on a reading tear the last few weeks of the year. My goal was to respond to every requested full and I almost made it (three remain......
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/01/speaking-of-ineffective-promotion-heres.html?showComment=1451918765877
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Speaking of ineffective promotion, here's an example, PLUS how to...
Saturday night I checked my twitter feed and found this Because I'm me, my first reaction was to block him, my second was to tweet back...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2022/08/wordle-flash-fiction-contest.html?showComment=1659801983672
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Wordle Flash Fiction contest
I've been playing Wordle for a while now, and it drives me bonkers a good half the time. BUT time to make Wordle earn its keep! A flash fi...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/10/youre-such-pita-but-you-have-good-info.html?showComment=1476825944121
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: You're such a PITA, but you have good info.
I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question for your blog. I doubt there's even really an answer. I've come to a hard realization tha...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/12/aw-screw-it.html?showComment=1449053642875
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Aw, screw it.
A recent query arrived in 16pt Bold Exasperation font, dripping with frustration. The first paragraph said the writer had spent years tryin...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/01/well-that-was-quick.html?showComment=1454016713063
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Well, that was quick
This fall I signed with a literary agent for a YA novel. When we discussed plans for submission, she said she would contact approximately ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2018/04/pitch-me-your-book-results.html?showComment=1525106569649
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Pitch me your book results
This was fun! Do you want to do it again? I read through all the entries a couple times to make sure that I didn't overlook something cau...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2008/05/gary-corby-where-are-you.html?showComment=1211570220000
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Gary Corby, where are you?
Your email bounced back. Your website is gone. I want to read pages. You're making it hard to do so! Last chance!
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/06/almost-everything-we-thought-was-true.html?showComment=1244557891584
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Almost everything we thought was true is wrong
If you were past the age of reason on April 20, 1999 you'll remember the Columbine High School shooting. Until recently it was the worst ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/10/my-kid-is-amazing-writer.html?showComment=1477666328568&m=0
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: My kid is an amazing writer
I have a 17 year old daughter, who is an amazing writer. She is writing , and almost done, a book about a (redacted.) I was wondering if yo...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/12/novel-set-in-us-but-i-live-elsewhere.html?showComment=1450812305013
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Novel set in the US but I live elsewhere
I have read (almost) all of your posts on Query Shark, so thank you. This is my question (with a short backstory, sorry): I am an author...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: BEA 2011 Day Three
The big news today is that Barry Eisler isn't self publishing his next John Rain book. Barry Eisler announced today during his presentatio...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-thrilling-writing-contest.html?showComment=1468110834138
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: The Thrilling Writing Contest!
I'm at ThrillerFest 16 today! Time for a writing contest to celebrate the fun, and give y'all some revenge for your writerly colleagues be...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2018/07/rules-for-writers-be-committed.html?showComment=1531765274611
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Rules for Writers: Be Committed
I feel like Tom Hanks in the movie Castaway. My remote and deserted island is the belief that the machinations which brought forth the sudd...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2017/11/nanowrimo-day-three-some-thoughts.html?showComment=1509718272478
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: NaNoWriMo Day Three: some thoughts
We all have word tics. Mine is just . It jumps off my keyboard into blog posts with frightening frequency, and often not noticed till the t...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: $13.99 + (head) tax
Recently I attended a bookstore event for a debut author. (I'm going to be sketchy on specific details to protect my fragile ego.) I knew...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/06/query-question-travails-with-character.html?showComment=1434033220664
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Query question: travails with character names
I am querying a novel, and use your blog as one of my main resources on querying etiquette. I love the idea of starting the query with the...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2024/04/in-memoriam-janet-reid.html?showComment=1714320956144&m=0
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: In Memoriam: Janet Reid
On Sunday, April 14, 2024, the literary community lost one of its guiding lights when Janet Reid passed away. A New York literary agent for ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2010/05/bea-day-2-moments-you-live-for.html?showComment=1275010621479
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: BEA Day 2-the moments you live for
Today was the BEA day we'd all been looking forward to. When I say "we" I mean everyone at FinePrint, and everyone at Nancy Coffey Literary...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/02/how-to-reference-mswl-in-query.html?showComment=1455711554735
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: How to reference #MSWL in a query
Thanks to #MSWL, more and more agents are tweeting their preferences. I know the rule about starting your query with the pitch--you've sa...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/02/1399-tax.html
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: $13.99 + (head) tax
Recently I attended a bookstore event for a debut author. (I'm going to be sketchy on specific details to protect my fragile ego.) I knew...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/05/part-two-first.html?showComment=1464001847562
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Part two, first
Do agents ever consider starting with the second of a two part series? I published my first novel, of crime plus supernatural, several ye...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/10/week-in-review-101815.html?showComment=1445194901224
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Week in Review 10/18/15
Welcome to the week that was. Last Sunday I planned to work on the week in review while I was on the train from Raleigh to New York. After...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-short-quiz.html?showComment=1455387873843
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: A short quiz
Recently I came across an excerpt from a book when it was posted to Twitter. I've posted the excerpt below and it's followed by a short qu...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/04/how-high-do-i-have-to-aim.html
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: How high do I have to aim?
If a writer has done their research on the revision process, has a plan of attack, trustful beta readers, critique group, etc.; what does...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-one-thing-all-successful-writers.html?showComment=1473421501928
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: The one thing all successful writers have in common
This is a difficult question to have to ask, and perhaps just as hard to answer, but I think I need to know before I go any further. I s...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-hell-is-wrong-with-you-janet.html?showComment=1245708163534
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: What the hell is wrong with you, Janet
I send you a perfectly fine query; I've paid attention to your blog and the Query Shark blog. I even told you so in the query (I said I lik...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/05/i-intend-to-multiply-when-do-i-break.html?showComment=1463661077643
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: I intend to multiply; when do I break that news?
I’ve been querying agents and getting full requests (again — thanks to queryshark), but I’ve been conflicted about something. I intend to w...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/06/reasons-i-said-no-to-25-queries-and-how.html?showComment=1466563904074
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Reasons I said no to 25 queries (and how to avoid being one of them)
1. Memoir: no overarching theme. The memoir was largely "this terrible but interesting thing happened to us" but there was no sense of how...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/11/more-on-glacial-pace-of-publishing.html?showComment=1447935289437
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: More on the glacial pace of publishing
Question: In your blog post on 10/19/2015 (Conference Meetings with an agent who has a ms on submission), you said it can take 6 month...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/02/orphan-x-contest-results-yes-this-time.html?showComment=1454972711078
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Orphan X contest results (yes, this time for realz)
You love to torment me with your talent don't you? Herewith the results (and don't for a minute think this was easy!) I love the word ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2017/07/your-contact-page.html?showComment=1500308090977
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Your contact page
Recently I was skulking around the contact page of an author. I was looking for the name of the author's agent. It was nowhere to be found...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/12/killing-trail-flash-fiction-contest.html?showComment=1449942665350
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Killing Trail flash fiction contest!
My list of ten plus one (ok, two) best reads of 2015 includes Killing Trail by Margaret Mizushima. It's a terrific book, and I'm very much...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/09/metamorphisis.html?showComment=1443668720985
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Metamorphosis
I am a very small-time published author (m/m erotic romance), a genre I originally stumbled into (seriously) so that I could have a publish...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/02/query-question-querying-after-another.html?showComment=1424906339831
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Query Question: querying after another agency member said no to a full
On some agency websites, the submission guidelines state that should an agent turn down a query, the author is allowed to re-query another ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/01/speaking-of-ineffective-promotion-heres.html?showComment=1451923787557
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Speaking of ineffective promotion, here's an example, PLUS how to...
Saturday night I checked my twitter feed and found this Because I'm me, my first reaction was to block him, my second was to tweet back...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2021/05/stay-or-go.html?showComment=1621857071710
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Stay or go?
I have had an agent for the last five years or so. She’s submitted two novels for me over that time (we had a lot of nice personal respons...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2017/04/lunch-ladies-and-drummers.html?showComment=1491307870143
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Lunch ladies and drummers
This comment from Gypmar on Wednesday's blog post made me think of the elementary school lunch ladies I never knew, but loved a lot. I di...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2008/05/gary-corby-where-are-you.html?showComment=1211642100000
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Gary Corby, where are you?
Your email bounced back. Your website is gone. I want to read pages. You're making it hard to do so! Last chance!
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2018/07/badagent-oh-man-not-kidding.html?showComment=1532618251939
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: #BadAgent (oh man, NOT kidding)
This popped up in my Twitter feed yesterday: Of course my blood ran cold. And I can't imagine how much it terrifies writers. But af...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/10/conference-meetings-with-agent-who-has.html?showComment=1445295210462
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Conference meetings with an agent who has a ms on submission
I write children's stories, but I follow you anyway because your advice usually spans the genres. An agent recently requested a manuscrip...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/03/im-just-not-that-into-me-either.html?showComment=1237559820000
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: I'm just not that into me, either
One of the things that just makes me snarl when reading query letters is "your job as an agent" followed by anything. Even if it's complimen...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-were-you-thinking.html?showComment=1298104740875
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: what were you thinking?
So, you join twitter, and you're all aflutter with How.Many.People you can talk with! Or if you can't talk with them, you can talk to them...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/10/my-kid-is-amazing-writer.html?showComment=1477671379975&m=0
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: My kid is an amazing writer
I have a 17 year old daughter, who is an amazing writer. She is writing , and almost done, a book about a (redacted.) I was wondering if yo...
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Janet Reid Profile and Sample - A proposed approach to the reduction of running costs in the local...
This essay discusses possible methods that can be implemented by the local government authority to reduce its running costs. The pros and cons of outsourcing...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Week in Review 10/18/15
Welcome to the week that was. Last Sunday I planned to work on the week in review while I was on the train from Raleigh to New York. After...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: the ALOT of books writing contest!
Summer is here and it's time to clear off the bookcase and make room for new titles! The writing contest prize this week will be 14 books,...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: What did Barbara Poelle leave at the bar last night? **UPDATED
A great time was had by all, particularly the ever-slithery Barbara Poelle, agent extraordinaire (and by extraordinaire I mean Potato Vodka ...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: 4 reasons asking for blurbs before you query is a BAD IDEA
Recently, a writer sending a requested full included a blurb from a successful author, one whose name I recognized. After sending my "got t...
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Dr Janet Reid - Group Leader/Senior Lecturer - Agricultural Systems - Massey University
Group Leader/Senior Lecturer - Agricultural Systems - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Here's Why Your Query Got NO today
1. Your novel isn't finished. You were kind enough to tell me in the first line saving me the time required to read the entire query. Fin...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Query question: there are two of us
Is it true that agents are less likely to say yes to queries for collaborated books? If so, why is that? Well, I don't think it is, ...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: The Duchess of Yowl flash fiction contest results
I have spent the entire weekend lollygagging about petting the cat and cozying up to HBO on the couch. The ONLY thing I got done was the con...
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