What factors put you in better stead for agents to sign you up. Is it entirely dependent on the market demand at the time?Agents,
just like you and me have personal tastes and preferences. Personal
taste means the type of person they will work with. No Agent wants a
Prima Donna, especially if you are a novice writer with no publishing
history. So once you have established that you do need an agent (your
project may not need the services of an Agent or you can self-publish)
you research the market for one who specializes in your field of
writing. Find out what genres they handle, publishers they deal with,
do they have a successful stable of clients and most importantly, do
they take on novice writers? The latter is very important to save time
and annoyance on your part. That said some agents would go
outside their genre preference if a manuscript has marketing and
salable potential as many Agents work with sub-Agents. Thus, if there
is a demand for a certain type of subject matter, say self-help for
instance and they are taking on new clients, if your project is
interesting and prepared properly, they may consider representing your
work.Here are a few useful websites:Agent Query – www.agentquery.comPreditors and Editors – www.anotherrealm.comThe Association of Authors Representatives (AAR) www.aar-online.orgWant
to use or quote one of my articles in your E-zine, newsletter, and
magazine or want me to write an article for your publication? No
problem, simply contact me at: cherry@writercacarew.com
Cherry-Ann Carew is the former sports editor of Blaqsport
Journal and former freelance sports journalist for The Voice Newspaper in England.
She currently lives in the USA
and works as copyeditor and writing coach. See http://writercacarew.com for
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