https://stevelaube.com/
Official Website of Christian Literary Agent Steve Laube
Aug 27, 2024 - A full service literary agency which focuses on books intended for the Christian market.
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https://getaliteraryagent.com/book-scams/
Book Scams: Literary Agent and Publishing Scam Warnings
Apr 24, 2026 - Book scams are often hard to spot. Protect yourself from literary agent and publishing scams by recognizing the sometimes subtle warning signs.
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https://thewhiteeditorial.com/
The White Editorial | Literary Agent, Ghostwriter & Book Editor
Dec 5, 2025 - Bring your book into the world with book publishing expert Amy White. As a trusted literary agent, ghostwriter, and book editor, her portfolio has been...
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https://www.dananewman.com/
Dana Newman Literary | Literary Agent Publishing Attorney Los Angeles
Dana Newman Literary agency publishing attorney
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USA Literary Agent Directory and Database 2026-27 - Free Access
Feb 2, 2026 - Literary Agents – Find USA book agents and agencies in the 2026-2027 Literary Agencies Directory. Search by city, state, genre, etc.
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David Moldawer, Literary Agent at Writers House
Senior literary agent at Writers House. Former editor at Portfolio, St. Martin's Press, and Amazon Publishing. Helped shape proposals and write Atomic Habits...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Election Day!
I love to vote. I love the idea that this motley crew of hurricane addled and impatient Brooklyners will all come together today to cast t...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2017/02/hiring-publicist.html?showComment=1487860968474
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Hiring a publicist
Would $15k be kind of a standard amount to pay for additional publicity? Hiring a publicist came up in another post fairly recently. Be...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/11/congratulations-you-got-my-attention.html?showComment=1257571389593
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Congratulations! You got my attention...
If you emailed me today about a missing kid, complete with poster and heartfelt plea, congratulations. You've gotten my attention. My full a...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-were-you-thinking.html?showComment=1298256269962
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/2015/01/query-question-fonts-for-backstory.html?showComment=1420207349764
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Query Question: fonts for backstory
In 2005, Elizabeth Kostova had success with her vampire novel, The Historian, a book in which the past/backstory was in set in italics. How...
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https://honesteditor.substack.com/p/how-to-get-a-literary-agent?ref=davidgoodman.net
How to get a literary agent... - by Phoebe Morgan
And do you really need one? (TL;DR: yes)
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Questions an agent asks before signing
What kind of questions do you ask authors before signing? If you've read a full manuscript and think, "Hey, this is a shark-worthy story"...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/06/shopping-offer.html?showComment=1466011071280
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Shopping an offer
I recently received a query that mentioned an impending offer of representation. Shortly thereafter, a follow up email said the writer did i...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/08/exclusives-stink.html?showComment=1249197247859
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Exclusives STINK (bonus content added 2/6/10)
I've spent the last week answering my backlogged email and catching up on queries. I've requested a daunting number of full manuscripts (40 ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/02/signing-with-more-junior-agent.html?showComment=1456440231576
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Signing with a more junior agent
So signing with a very new/ junior agent seems like a perfectly fine thing to do if that agent is embedded within a good agency and they ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/12/yes-i-live-to-torment-writers.html?showComment=1483073945527
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Yes, I live to torment writers!
Here are some fun new ways I've found to torment writers this year: 1. One of my clients works retail. At Walmart. At Christmas. So of cou...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/09/why-sorche-fairbank-is-brilliant-agent.html
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Why Sorche Fairbank is a brilliant agent
Three years ago Sorche sold my favorite book of the year, Matthew Frederick's 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School . I'm not an arc...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/09/at-long-last-we-resume-week-in-review.html?showComment=1442164278519
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Week in Review 9/13/15
At long last we resume the week in review. Yes, it's more work than the daily posts but I really do enjoy doing it and from your comment...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-agent-asks-before-signing.html?showComment=1455216969308
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Questions an agent asks before signing
What kind of questions do you ask authors before signing? If you've read a full manuscript and think, "Hey, this is a shark-worthy story"...
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https://deanabarnhart.blogspot.com/2011/06/firsts-fridays-literary-agent-kathleen.html?showComment=1362441626899
Deana Barnhart: Firsts Fridays: Literary Agent Kathleen Rushall
If you haven't signed up for the Gearin' Up to Get an Agent Blogfest , now's your time! I know I say this every Friday, but boy have I go...
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https://deanabarnhart.blogspot.com/2011/06/firsts-fridays-literary-agent-kathleen.html?showComment=1361568232262
Deana Barnhart: Firsts Fridays: Literary Agent Kathleen Rushall
If you haven't signed up for the Gearin' Up to Get an Agent Blogfest , now's your time! I know I say this every Friday, but boy have I go...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-agent-asks-before-signing.html?showComment=1455194952033
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Questions an agent asks before signing
What kind of questions do you ask authors before signing? If you've read a full manuscript and think, "Hey, this is a shark-worthy story"...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/04/so-you-realize-error-after-you-hit-send.html?showComment=1460459660068
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: So, you realize the error AFTER you hit send
Moments after sending my query to an agent with whom I am extremely impressed after reading her blogs, one Ms. Janet Reid, I realized I mad...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/06/interacting-with-agents-on-twitter.html?m=1
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/2016/04/what-to-do-when-there-are-two.html?showComment=1461584369782
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: What to do when there are two
About a month ago, I got an offer of rep. I alerted every agent who had my query/partial/full. Then my initial offer fell through. Durin...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-agent-asks-before-signing.html?showComment=1455199652725
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Questions an agent asks before signing
What kind of questions do you ask authors before signing? If you've read a full manuscript and think, "Hey, this is a shark-worthy story"...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/06/query-question-travails-with-character.html?showComment=1434025010432
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/2015/01/query-question-fonts-for-backstory.html?showComment=1420240830232
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Query Question: fonts for backstory
In 2005, Elizabeth Kostova had success with her vampire novel, The Historian, a book in which the past/backstory was in set in italics. How...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2017/01/surprise-me.html?showComment=1483636325915
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/2016/04/upping-ante-writing-contest.html?showComment=1462052501412
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Upping the Ante writing contest!
You guyz have gotten entirely too good at these writing contests. Time to move up a division. (Sorry Carolynn, not doing essays!) Read the...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/09/six-of-crows-writing-contest.html?showComment=1443280738622
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Six of Crows Writing contest
To celebrate the publication of the new Leigh Bardugo series, let's have a writing contest! Prize is this ARC in the amazing winged-bo...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2012/06/not-that-me-other-me.html?showComment=1339449693944
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Not that me, the other me
I'm just back from a writing conference that produced a lot of interesting lessons. Not all of them were for the writers! Before the confe...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/09/welcome-to-week-in-review-for-92015.html?showComment=1442795599280
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Week in Review 9/20/15
Welcome to the week in review for 9/20/15. Egad, where is September going? During last week's review donnaeve followed up on our discuss...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2017/04/speaking-of-canon.html?showComment=1493297946688
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Speaking of the Canon
The canon is what one must have read to be considered well-educated. There is the canon for Western civilization which is largely books th...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/02/signing-with-more-junior-agent.html?showComment=1456454588683
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Signing with a more junior agent
So signing with a very new/ junior agent seems like a perfectly fine thing to do if that agent is embedded within a good agency and they ...
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Adriana Dominguez, Literary Agent and Translator
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2018/09/summers-over-time-for-writing-contest.html?showComment=1538240605065
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Summer's over, time for a writing contest!
I've got some terrific books to choose from for the contest prize! The usual rules apply: 1. Write a story using 100 words or fewer. ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/10/can-publishers-see-my-sales-numbers.html?showComment=1477069379600
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Can publishers see my sales numbers?
So, here's the deal. I live in a fairly rural area, but am lucky enough to have a decent writers group nearby. This group is one of the lar...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-agent-asks-before-signing.html?showComment=1455204863967
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Questions an agent asks before signing
What kind of questions do you ask authors before signing? If you've read a full manuscript and think, "Hey, this is a shark-worthy story"...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2017/03/greenwich-mean-time-minus-how-many.html?showComment=1490205613366
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Greenwich Mean Time minus HOW many?
Did I sabotage myself? These past few months, I've been querying my MS with a modicum of success. Out of the 50 or so queries I sent out,...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2020/03/how-are-all-yall-doing.html?showComment=1584241845172
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/2021/04/i-told-you-to-pick-me.html
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: I told you to pick me!
I queried my first novel a few years ago. Several agents wanted it, and I signed with one. The agent then was not able to sell the book. I...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/06/sadistics-from-query-trenches.html?showComment=1465901200510
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Sadistics from the query trenches
(contest results tomorrow-6.14.16) This rundown was sent to me by a blog reader: Statistics from the query trenches, February-June 2016...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/06/more-on-sales-figures-on-your-permanent.html?showComment=1466769916210&m=0
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: more on sales figures on your "permanent record"
You've said an author is tainted by poor sales and therefore unlikely to find an agent willing to represent them. But is this true across ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/09/how-to-evaluate-small-publisher.html?showComment=1443110157458
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: How to Evaluate a Small Publisher
1. Ask to see the boilerplate contract. A. Lloyd Jassin has a list of things that should be in a contract. B. Morse, Barnes-Brown, Pendl...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2018/05/more-on-pitch-me-your-book-posts.html?showComment=1525273549845
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: More on the pitch me your book posts
A recent email to me said: The funny thing is, I swear I've heard you talk on your blog before about how you don't like Twitter pitch part...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-engagement-period.html?showComment=1443803154283
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: The Engagement Period
Recently I fell in love with a novel I received on submission. I emailed the author and said "I love your novel. How's that query process g...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2011/06/stuff-it.html?showComment=1307280268273
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Stuff it
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal about YA books has generated a firestorm of response on Twitter. Here's the article. And her...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2011/06/when-its-ok-to-quit.html?showComment=1308150542195
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: When it's ok to quit
Prompted by this post at Chuck Wendig's blog, I'm going to rescind my statement that the only way to fail is to quit. Instead, let me say...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/06/sadistics-from-query-trenches.html?showComment=1465832032052
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Sadistics from the query trenches
(contest results tomorrow-6.14.16) This rundown was sent to me by a blog reader: Statistics from the query trenches, February-June 2016...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-answer-is-meatloaf.html?showComment=1466117910591&m=0
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: The Answer is Meatloaf
In your blog, you briefly touch on the topic of overdone subjects/storylines, and as a reader, I can completely agree that just because you...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2011/06/cat-who-was-very-very-sad.html?showComment=1307409212856
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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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/07/at-long-last-contest-results-these-got.html?showComment=1438274668835
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Contest results!
At long last, the contest results! These got delayed because I was off tormenting writers in person instead of from the comfort of my shark...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2017/01/you-are-here.html?showComment=1483811157541
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: You are here.
One day, not long after I first arrived in NYC, I was on the subway, and these two ads by The New School caught my eye. You ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/06/sadistics-from-query-trenches.html?showComment=1465818589824
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Sadistics from the query trenches
(contest results tomorrow-6.14.16) This rundown was sent to me by a blog reader: Statistics from the query trenches, February-June 2016...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2019/10/what-is-target-audience.html
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: What is a target audience?
I am a veterinarian and author in California. I am also a member of Sisters In Crime and Sisters In Crime Guppies. (GOOD!! All crime wri...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2013/05/building-tension.html
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Building tension
I'm a big fan of the movie Heat with Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. I watched it again last night and I noticed something I hadn't paid much a...
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https://querytracker.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-contest-featuring-literary-agent.html?showComment=1239647100000
QueryTracker Blog: Blog Contest Featuring Literary Agent Joanna Stampfel-Volpe
Submissions are now open! Contest: Can you sum up your book in one sentence? Joanna Stampfel-Volpe of Nancy Coffey Literary will be judging ...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: WHERE will you find it?
If you do not know WHERE you are going to find the time or WHERE you're going to to find the place, or WHERE you'll find the holiday spirit ...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Resist!
There are a lot of ways to get left out in the cold these days. Some can't be avoided; this one can. A post over at Pimp My Novel asked wr...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/08/rules-for-writers-ongoing-list.html?showComment=1249306594877
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Rules for Writers!--an ongoing list
Soon I will be pried out of New York with a crowbar. Yes, the Alaska Writing Guild was brave enough to invite me to their writing conference...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/04/query-question-im-popular-can-i-tell-you.html?showComment=1429298340415
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Query Question: I'm popular, can I tell you?
If other agencies requested and/or are reading your manuscript, should you say or add this in your query letter to other agents? Does this ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/12/querying-new-novel-while-old-novel.html?showComment=1449077580276
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Querying a new novel while old novel still out
In June I received a full request for my novel. In October, the agent's assistant checked in with me, asking if my novel was still ava...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/12/yes-i-live-to-torment-writers.html?showComment=1483027903267
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Yes, I live to torment writers!
Here are some fun new ways I've found to torment writers this year: 1. One of my clients works retail. At Walmart. At Christmas. So of cou...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2018/05/pitch-me-your-book-5518.html?showComment=1525528917971
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Pitch Me Your Book 5/5/18
Here are the pitch guidelines: Write out your pitch ahead of time (as in don't type it directly in the comment column first!) Let it sit ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2019/01/so-how-cold-is-it-at-your-house.html?showComment=1548938872287
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: So, how cold is it at your house?
Yoda! This majestic creature is my 11 year old mini bull terrier Yoda. When Yoda is not on his throne (my reading nook) he can be f...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/01/unfortunate-first-impressions.html?showComment=1453915068483
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Unfortunate first impressions
Referrals can be a good way to warm up the otherwise-arctic query process. Good referrals are a recommendation to an agent from someone the ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/06/shopping-offer.html?showComment=1466029523023&m=0
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Shopping an offer
I recently received a query that mentioned an impending offer of representation. Shortly thereafter, a follow up email said the writer did i...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/12/killing-trail-flash-fiction-contest.html?showComment=1449954804142
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/2017/04/lunch-ladies-and-drummers.html?showComment=1491330053284
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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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: First day at BEA 2010
BEA is both a revival meeting and trade show for the publishing industry. We come from all corners of the country, the globe really, and tal...
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Sarah Bullen Author and Literary Agent | how to write a book
Sarah Bullen is an international writing mentor, multi-published author, literary agent. Her bestselling book The Other Side details a near death experience....
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Adriana Dominguez, Literary Agent and Translator
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Still down for the count
at some point I have to get out of bed, but this is not that day. Thank god for Fresh Direct! (I'm pretty sure I'm going to be bac...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekend-writing-contest.html?showComment=1296302272651
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Weekend writing contest!
The Devotion of Suspect X is one of the books I'm most looking forward to cheering on in 2011. I beguiled the editor into sending me a co...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2012/01/besties-writing-contest.html?showComment=1327167185918
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Besties Writing Contest!
Let's celebrate ALL the Edgar nominees for Best First Novel! Yes, that's my client Steve Ulfelder on the list. Yes, that sound you hear is ...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-on-platform.html?showComment=1320300828009
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: More on platform
A commenter on my recent post about a querier who assumed I was stupid cause I didn't understand his explanation asked "what does how to r...
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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/11/querying-clean-up-your-web-presence.html?showComment=1448461666862
Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Querying? Clean up your web presence!
I recently taught a class in Effective Query Letters at CrimeBake. The hand out for the class is here (for awhile anyway!--if the link doe...
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https://nathan-bransford-books.teachable.com/courses/1784318/lectures/40284633
Downloadable resource: All about literary agent etiquette | Nathan
Engage with literary agents like a pro and find the one who's right for you.
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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/2015/07/query-question-there-are-two-of-us.html
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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https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-thrilling-writing-contest.html?showComment=1468126907969
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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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: You owe me
There's an interesting post over at Rachelle Gardner's blog about an author who parted company with an agent only to get a bill for the ho...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Scum sucking lizard brains
I'm headed off to the desert at the end of this week to hang out with some terrific writers, splash about in the pool they're providing, and...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: How to NOT be a bone-head promoter
I received two emails last week week from bonehead authors who think "Hey I published a book" will lead to sales. It doesn't. It leads to th...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Sadistics from the query trenches
(contest results tomorrow-6.14.16) This rundown was sent to me by a blog reader: Statistics from the query trenches, February-June 2016...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Week in Review 2/28/15
At the end of last week (and the post on speculative fiction) Amy Schaefer (who really should be dead to us living here in the cold ...
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Ernie Chiara | Writer & Literary Agent at Fuse Literary Agency
Ernie is committed to the raising of marginalized voices, both in society as a whole and within the publishing industry.
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Sales figures
In my ongoing efforts to crush writers' hopes and dreams (one of my long time career goals as you know) I tried to give our own Donnaeve a ...
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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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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: I believe this with all my heart
I believe we can learn truth by reading fiction. I believe it because people tell me it is their experience; I believe it because it is my e...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Query Question: what constitutes self-publishing?
At this point in my life, I have no job and little income, and am falling behind on utility bills and mortgage. In order to keep my house...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Besties Writing Contest!
Let's celebrate ALL the Edgar nominees for Best First Novel! Yes, that's my client Steve Ulfelder on the list. Yes, that sound you hear is ...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Some notes on book promotion
I have several clients in the platform building trenches, and it's a tough place to be. We have weekly conversations about strategy, content...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Query Question: I'm popular, can I tell you?
If other agencies requested and/or are reading your manuscript, should you say or add this in your query letter to other agents? Does this ...
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Deana Barnhart: Firsts Fridays: Literary Agent Kathleen Rushall
If you haven't signed up for the Gearin' Up to Get an Agent Blogfest , now's your time! I know I say this every Friday, but boy have I go...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Week in Review 9/13/15
At long last we resume the week in review. Yes, it's more work than the daily posts but I really do enjoy doing it and from your comment...
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Ruthlessly lifted from graphjam.com
"Never miss a chance to do good"--David Stanley
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Flash fiction writing contest
I read a terrific book over the holiday break that will be our prize for the first flash fiction contest of the new year. BENEFIT OF THE D...
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