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Stop. RLBeers, go read the stickies Right Now. Then go to Snopes and check out the truth about JKR publishing myths. Do not make sweeping generalizations. Learn about the industry, learn about the agents you hope to sub to, learn how publishing works TODAY. Not when JKR published. Not when Tolkien published. Learn about agenting and publishing in 2021.^Actually, that applies to all of us. I'm going to be looking for a new agent when I finish the WIP, since my mystery series is over. I've already started a list of potential agents that rep what I'm currently writing. I'm already following what sells and to whom. I'm already stocking up on whisky. Hey, getting published ain't for the faint of heart.Signed, The Mod with the Hat.As a newbie, I may be a bit slow on the uptake, but as an author who's only agent wound up in jail... assumed, not proven, I can relate. Over the years and with over a hundred rejection letters and emails from agents, one after getting an approval at a conference face to face, I have come to the conclusion that the literary agent business has shifted into the same mind frame as most of the entertainment industry, the search for the quick buck. These "professionals" see the success of JK Rowling and her Potter empire and then fixate on it, thinking that is where they want to be, managing an author like that. They ignore the over 40 rejection letters she received and the dozens of UK agents who now live in eternal humiliation for their out of hand rejection of what became a phenomenon. A quality agent, based on my extensive history with the breed is as rare as the Hope Diamond, but they are out there. Unfortunately for us, the only way to find one is similar to winning the lottery, and the odds are identical, we have to buy a ticket.Because I was published, but ignored by management I did get an option memo from Graphic Audio, so four of the 11 books in my current series are now fullcast audio dramas. It made for a nice Christmas, but that was a couple of years ago. The Harry Potter reactions are few and extremely far between. Pity the literary managemt industry has no understanding of that.
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