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A good agent is a blessing.
A bad agent is a curse.
There may be a middle ground; I've not found it. Yes, you can do without an agent, but a good agent has close personal relationships with editors and knows what they like and can call them up and get your ms. put in the editor's own hands.
A good agent knows what your book will fetch as an advance, and has an idea of the potential future sales and rights worth in terms of money in your hands.
A good agent will sell your book while you write another one.
A good agent is like a top-notch defensive goalie, and protects you from the hockey puck of fate, so that you can go on writing.
Well said and so very true