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What Happens When a Literary Agent Requests Your Manuscript

Literary Agents

You’ve queried your dream literary agents. You’ve waited an indeterminate period of time. You’ve obsessively been checking your emails and/or Query Tracker. And there it …

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What Does an Acquisitions Editor Do?

Submissions

An acquisitions editor is a proactive role, where an editor will seek to “acquire” manuscripts for their publishing house, imprint, press, and occasionally even literary …

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What to Put in Your Query Letter Subject Line

Query Letters

There is a simple rule to perfecting your query letter subject line: follow the instructions set by every specific literary agent that you query. This …

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How I Got My Literary Agent

Literary Agents

If you want to get sucked down a literary interweb rabbit hole, I recommend googling “How I Got My Literary Agent.” Much like every writer’s …

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How Hard Is It to Get a Literary Agent?

Literary Agents

Discussion is rife in writing communities over how hard it is to get a literary agent. Agents are widely regarded as your way in to …

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Query Letter Length: How Long Should Your Query Letter Be?

Query Letters

Much like creating a resume, there is a specific formula you should stick to when writing a query letter to win over literary agents. You …

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Your Submittable Status Explained

Submissions

Do you obsessively login to Submittable, refreshing your active submissions tab? Does your heart skip a beat and your stomach fall out of your behind …

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