"Agent: the Role-Playing Game". Closely related to "Published Author: the Role-Playing Game".
This lady sounds like a more literate version of Eunice Murray (see thread!), and the fact that she's a member of a
Laws of Attraction: The Secret meet-up group would put me off instantly. I'd want an agent who lives in the real world.
We bring the best of both worlds to the table—the personal client attention of a small agency and the clout of a larger one. We invest a great deal of care in each project and each client. We devise a strategy at every stage of the writing process, from conception, to editorial, to publication, that is tailored to the client and will enable us to find the best publisher for his or her books.
The clout of larger agency?
Seriously? If Ms Flammang has no previous experience of agenting it's hard to see how she can have any contacts in the publishing world. I don't know when FOG Literary Agency was established but the website is new:
fogliteraryagency.com is 2 months 1 week old.
Domain Name: FOGLITERARYAGENCY.COM
Registrar URL:
http://www.godaddy.com
Registrant Name: Sue
Flammang
Registrant Organization: The Family of God
http://fogliteraryagency.com.cutestat.com/
The Family of God Healthcare Network is another business with which Ms Flamming is associated.
And all this talk of involvement "from conception, to editorial" makes them sound more like a packager than an agent.
We are a hands-on agency that strongly believes in taking on clients for their whole career. We build careers and advocate for our authors at every stage of the publishing process. We help conceptualize and shape the initial idea, offering editorial feedback before submission, aggressively negotiating the contract, selling film and translation rights, and conceiving of
publicity and marketing strategies that will give the book the best chance of reaching a wide audience.
http://www.fogliteraryagency.com/services.html
Publicity and marketing strategies are handled by publishers, not agents. I'm sure Sue Flammang means well but I don't think she knows what she's doing.