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Here's a very useful book for first-time writers. Most how-to books for writers deal with this important subject (finding an agent) in a chapter or two, but Sands, a literary agent in New York, shows that there's a lot more to it than one might expect. Drawing on the experience of a variety of agents (plus one copywriter), she demonstrates that finding an agent involves finding the perfect match between author and representative, between material and market. Think it's easy to write a query letter? Think again: agents get a lot of mail, and you only have one chance to get their attention. Think it's easy to put together a book proposal? Try it sometime, but try not to be too wordy, or too self-promoting, or too been-there-done-that. Do your homework, Sands stresses: don't pitch a genre novel to an agent who deals primarily in nonfiction; do know what other books cover the same ground as yours. But, above all, do read this book, which should teach you pretty much everything you'll need to know. David Pitt
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Here's a very useful book for first-time writers. Most how-to books for writers deal with this important subject (finding an agent) in a chapter or two, but Sands, a literary agent in New York, shows that there's a lot more to it than one might expect. Drawing on the experience of a variety of agents (plus one copywriter), she demonstrates that finding an agent involves finding the perfect match between author and representative, between material and market. Think it's easy to write a query letter? Think again: agents get a lot of mail, and you only have one chance to get their attention. Think it's easy to put together a book proposal? Try it sometime, but try not to be too wordy, or too self-promoting, or too been-there-done-that. Do your homework, Sands stresses: don't pitch a genre novel to an agent who deals primarily in nonfiction; do know what other books cover the same ground as yours. But, above all, do read this book, which should teach you pretty much everything you'll need to know. David Pitt
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Imagine for a moment you're a literary agent. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
poetry pitch, nonfiction proposal, good query letter, pitch letter, narrative nonfiction, query letters, discovery story, slush pile, commercial fiction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Jeff Herman, Katharine Sands Sands, Random House, Pulitzer Prize, Bear Heart, Sheree Bykofsky, Stephen King, Distant Valor, San Francisco, William Morris, John Wiley, Literary Market Place, Publishers Weekly, Pushing Thirty, The Complete Idiot's Guide, Tom Clancy, Alternate History, Babitt's Copywriting Canon, Harry Potter, Hot Flashes, John Grisham, Old School, The World of Normal Boys, Trident Media Group New!
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- Final Exit by Laurie Breton on page 60, page 62, and page 64
- Harry Potter 6 und der Halbblutprinz by Joanne K. Rowling on page 49, page 158, and page 191
- The World of Normal Boys by K. M. Soehnlein on page 263, page 265, and page 267
- Fields of Fire by James Webb on page 237, page 238, and page 239
- Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You: Stories by Laurie Lynn Drummond on page 266, and page 267
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Making the Perfect Pitch offers relevant information for first-time writers struggling with capturing the attention of a literary agent in today's competitive marketplace.
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