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 [...]

The McVeigh Agency is a new agency founded by Mark McVeigh, formally Editorial Director at Simon and Schuster/Aladdin.
I’ve heard Mark speak at many conferences and he is a very knowledgeable and experienced editor, so he’ll probably be a great agent as well.
The agency is also looking for diversity. I loved what he had to [...]