Literary Agents

The day an agent offers you representation is one of the most incredible moments in your publishing journey. I’ll never forget when Catherine Drayton called me to offer representation for Jacob Wonderbar. I had doubted myself nearly every step of the way before that point, and hadn’t even told my friends and family I was […]

A few recent developments have really opened my eyes to the changing landscape for authors and literary agents: Stick with me here because I’m going to weave these different threads together to show you why it’s increasingly crucial for authors to see what prospective literary agents can offer very, very clearly, and to begin to […]

Contrary to popular belief among some fearful authors, literary agents will not disappear into an angry puff of smoke the moment you send them a follow-up email. And, in fact, some literary agents depend on authors to nudge them. An agent’s inbox looks like the electronic equivalent of Niagara Falls, and at any given time […]

Researching literary agents is an absolutely crucial step in the traditional publishing process, and I personally believe there are no good shortcuts. You’re essentially searching for a (hopefully) long term business partner who will have enormous influence over your burgeoning literary career. A good agent can help you immensely. A bad agent is worse than […]

I’m back in California after a productive, if apocalypty, trip to NYC. Never thought I’d need to return to California to avoid the wildfires. As more and more authors post about their submissions experiences on social media and there’s much discussion of “dream” agents, I wanted to riff on something editor Kristen Weber shared on […]