(Just a note, this post is from our archives. Some references and links may be from past years.) August’s topic might be the most controversial. At the very least, I imagine opinions will vary widely, and I welcome any conversation this might spark. For an agent to be successful, she has to… MORE
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(Just a note, this post is from our archives. Some references and links may not correspond with recent events.) This week I requested a full manuscript for a middle grade children’s novel. When I was reading, I was instantly captured by the voice of the narrator. So original. But I… MORE
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Authors, Do You Know Where Your Money Is?
by Angie Hodapp
(Just a note, this post is from our archives. Some references and links may be from past years.) Every six months, you get an envelope from your agent. You tear it open, take out the enclosed check and royalty statement, and glance at the numbers on both. You shrug and… MORE
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Just as the title suggests, because agents are also human beings, they are going to embody both good and bad traits found in human nature. No one is perfect. And as some authors have discovered, some agents are more imperfect than others! Your job as an author is to objectively recognize… MORE
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So just this week, we received an outstanding Australian royalty statement for one of our clients that had been missing. Because we actually track, review, and audit our statements, even foreign ones (and let me tell you what a nifty trick it is to do the Japanese statements…) we immediately… MORE
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