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Starbrazer
What's your strategy for building a literary agent query list?
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Mevrouw Bee
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Would an agent be interested, and how to query ?
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Woollybear
Woollybear
Have a publisher (maybe), need an agent
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Multiple Querires or One at a Time?
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honeynotjam
Submitting Chapters of WIP to Literary Journals
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A Similar Project Already Out There
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Smuggins
Re-Query after Agency change?
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capricornair
On re-Querying an agent after a full manuscript request/pass (One Year Later, Querying New Manuscript)
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kaitie
kaitie
Pinkarray
Would agents accept a mature picture book?
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Maryn
Maryn
Pinkarray
Querying a chapter book already illustrated by someone else?
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frimble3
Pinkarray
Will agents accept a chapter/picture book with an 18 year old protagonist?
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Jennifer_Laughran
Jennifer_Laughran
Stytch
Action that happens before page 1
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MaeZe
MaeZe
rosepetal720
Wouldn't it be better for agents to find authors instead? Proposed website idea
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Brigid Barry
Brigid Barry
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What are the feelings on planned sequels?
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tbrosz
Are there agents who specialize in selling existing books for film rights?
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Brigid Barry
Brigid Barry
Question about Literary agent
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Nether
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BilliePilgrim
QueryTracker/QueryManager from the agent's end?
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libraryofvalen
Jennifer_Laughran
Hiya, from Agent Jenn
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kaitie
kaitie
BilliePilgrim
Should I mention editor interest in a query letter?
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BilliePilgrim
BilliePilgrim
From an agents perspective, what are the most important factors to consider in selecting an agent to work with
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waylander
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agents/agencies with and without film rights
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Maryn
Maryn
kaitie
Marking a CNR for an agent who actually responds...
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rosepetal720
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Fan Fiction: How Close is Too Close to be Published?
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CaoPaux
engmajor2005
Getting an agent after signing a contract
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Putputt
Putputt
MaryQ
Are Literary Agents Still a Thing?
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