Hi y'all, I just read a great article by Scott Eagan of Greyhaus Literary Agency. In case you don't already follow him, click on over and read his 'need to know' post:
"I was recently reading some comments online by some authors who were "teaching the right way" to get an editor or agent. I was shocked when I did some digging and found a lot of people claiming these people really had the right idea. What shocked me even more were the comments these people were saying when it came to editors and agents and the way a writer gets those beloved comments. In all cases, the issues stemmed from ideas about how to promote yourself and sell yourself on line. Let me highlight a few for you;"
Thank you, Scott, for yet another slam-dunk.
~ Olivia J. Herrell
"I was recently reading some comments online by some authors who were "teaching the right way" to get an editor or agent. I was shocked when I did some digging and found a lot of people claiming these people really had the right idea. What shocked me even more were the comments these people were saying when it came to editors and agents and the way a writer gets those beloved comments. In all cases, the issues stemmed from ideas about how to promote yourself and sell yourself on line. Let me highlight a few for you;"
Thank you, Scott, for yet another slam-dunk.
~ Olivia J. Herrell
6 comments:
This was very interesting Olivia, I will pop over to his site.
Yvonne.
Sounds like a great article. I'll checkit out. Thank you.
Thanks Olivia. That was an interesting read.
......dhole
That was a very welcome article.
Thanks, Olivia.
Interesting! Must check out the article.
I read through the archives at Greyhaus Literary Agency, and the reoccuring theme I kept seeing is a seething dislike for authors. Maybe they're just stressed. I also did not see any books they have placed with a publisher.
I do not believe agents are necessary for most of us because, unless you are a celebrity, agents do not want to hear from us anyway. Most of us are not going to get published with the Big 6 NY publishers, so the realistic approach is to contact smaller publishers that published through Amazon.com.
Being that the Big 6 have a monopoly on printed books, most of us are locked out of print publishing, and our only option is the growing Kindle market. Forced into Kindle, today's new authors have fallen into the future of publishing. I always say, even a blind dog finds a bone sometimes. That's me.
Rejected by all the agents and big name publishers, I feel blessed and thankful for Kindle and all the great Kindle readers.
As for creating an online presence, Amazon.com does most of the marketing for you.
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