Musings of a Novelista

This is the conclusion of my week-long theme of my workshop, HOW TO LAND AN AGENT: STEP BY STEP.
You’ve done it all. Manuscript finished. Check. Query letter/Synopsis. Complete. Research. Checklist. Tiers. Done. Done. Done. You’re getting feedback from agents. You’re revising. But still no agent. What should you do now?
Let’s discuss our last step.
STEP 7: [...]

Today, I’m continuing my week-long theme from my workshop, HOW TO LAND AN AGENT: STEP BY STEP. I’m now going to share Steps 5 and 6.
STEP 5: Create Agent Tiers
You’ve finished the manuscript. Completed the query letter and/or synopsis. You’ve done the research. You have target agents. Now you’re ready to query.
Some people say [...]

This week I’ll sharing notes from my workshop, HOW TO LAND AN AGENT: STEP BY STEP. Today, I’m discussing Steps 3 and 4.
STEP 3: Research Agents
You’ve finished your query letter and/or your synopsis. Now you’re ready to do some research. There are several ways to do this. Here are some of the places I did [...]

This week I’m sharing notes from my workshop, HOW TO LAND AN AGENT: STEP BY STEP. Today I’m going to talk about Steps 1 and 2.
STEP 1: Finish Your Manuscript
This is the most obvious but it bears repeating. You HAVE to finish your manuscript first. I’ve had several writer friends who write 3 chapters or [...]

All this week I’m going to post notes from my AACBWI Workshop, HOW TO LAND AN AGENT: STEP BY STEP. These are the seven steps that I implemented to get my own agent.
To kick things off, let’s talk about what an agent does, dispel some myths, and alert you about red flags.
What does an [...]