I'm trying to find out more about Drew Montgomery as an agent. There's not alot of information out there about her. Anybody know anything?
i found her name on a few different agent lists (that seem to have the names of legit agents). http://everyonewhosanyone.com/agus7.html
http://www.writers-free-reference.com/agents/
It's kind of scary, because I often refer to these two agent lists to check out agents.
Hi Everyone!
I am a writer represented by Drew Montgomery and love her as my agent! She is the best and works the hardest and will do whatever it takes to make her clients a sucess! I'd love to talk to anyone about her who has doubts or questions!
Julia Levin
[email protected]
Hi Everyone!
I am a writer represented by Drew Montgomery and love her as my agent! She is the best and works the hardest and will do whatever it takes to make her clients a sucess! I'd love to talk to anyone about her who has doubts or questions!
Julia Levin
[email protected]
Based on a solid tip I received a little while back from the owner of an agent-tracking website, "Drew Montgomery" is very likely the same person as "Julia Levin" (they share an IP address).
Julia claimed to be a Florida-based agent supposedly in business for several years. Last August, she began soliciting writers, claiming to have inherited the client and submission list of another agent, Sara Levine, who supposedly died suddenly in August. Julia--of whose existence there is no trace whatever prior to her writer contacts--made obviously false sales claims (I saw these, courtesy of a writer who smelled a rat--I say "obviously false" because they included titles that wouldn't have been picked up by the claimed publisher and bad-research errors like attributing an imprint to the wrong publisher). After writers got suspicious, and some warnings were posted on LinkedIn and elsewhere, all the Julia Levin information vanished, and Drew Montgomery appeared.
One writer blogged about her experience with Sara Levine and then Julia Levin (the writer doesn't use names, but she wrote to me about her experience, so I know who she's talking about).
- Victoria
Hi Everyone!
I am a writer represented by Drew Montgomery and love her as my agent! She is the best and works the hardest and will do whatever it takes to make her clients a sucess! I'd love to talk to anyone about her who has doubts or questions!
Julia Levin
[email protected]
OK, I'll bite.
1) What kind of book is she representing for you?
2) Has she sold it yet?
3) If so, to which publisher?
4) If so, what's the name of the book?
5) Who are some of her other clients?
6) Has she sold any of their work yet?
7) What are the names of those books?
I have more questions, but these will do for starts.
OK, I'll bite.
1) What kind of book is she representing for you?
2) Has she sold it yet?
3) If so, to which publisher?
4) If so, what's the name of the book?
5) Who are some of her other clients?
6) Has she sold any of their work yet?
7) What are the names of those books?
I have more questions, but these will do for starts.
What's going on here. someone wrote about a scam agent called Julia Levin, now we have Julia Levin an author writing in to say she loves this agent who may be a scammer. I'm confused
Well, if the Glen Cravits Literary Agency ever existed it's gone now. She claims it as experience, but I can't find any info on it. She notes that she helped to establish it, and if that's true and now it's out of business that doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
Shes got a link on myspace with loads of info:
http://www.myspace.com/500609628
This is what I didnt like: "My fees are 17% for all domestic sales, 22% for all international sales, and 15% of all film rights sales. Submission Policy: I accept queries for non fiction and fiction by email and email only. Please don't mail in your queries. Other websites where you can find me: http://www.linkedin.com/in/agentdrewmontgomery http://www.facebook.com/drewmontgomeryagency"
she is taking more than the industry standard as her comission. I am sorry but I know bigger agents who take less!
Hi Bushdoctor,
Let me clear up the confusion. I do not know about any literary agent known as Julia Levin. I am a new author who is represented by Drew Montgomery and is pleased with her efforts on my behalf and wanted to share my experiences with her with all the other writers out there.
Julia Levin
Thank you for that Julia. Can I ask, does she charge for any of her services? Also does she refer you to any fee paying external editors?
Hi Buschdoctor,
I find her fees more then fair because she works 24/7 to get her clients' novels published and deserves every single cent as far as I am concerned.
Julia Levin