Comments on: Hemingway and Literary Agents http://authorwantabes.markshawbooks.net/2008/06/25/hemingway-and-literary-agents/ Writing Tips, Publishing Strategies, and 101 Literary Ideas for Aspiring Authors Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mark Shaw http://authorwantabes.markshawbooks.net/2008/06/25/hemingway-and-literary-agents/#comment-15 Mark Shaw Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:37:09 +0000 http://hemingwaywantabes.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-15 Please don't feel guilty, feel proud of what you have accomplished. And, if you do want to continue writing, then consider a consultation with a good literary agent who may guide your path. I would do so sooner than later since the more time that elapses between the publishing of your book and when you seek representation, the tougher it will be to excite the agent about your work. So get busy. No time like the present to track down the right agent. Please don’t feel guilty, feel proud of what you have accomplished. And, if you do want to continue writing, then consider a consultation with a good literary agent who may guide your path. I would do so sooner than later since the more time that elapses between the publishing of your book and when you seek representation, the tougher it will be to excite the agent about your work.
So get busy. No time like the present to track down the right agent.

]]> By: Meander http://authorwantabes.markshawbooks.net/2008/06/25/hemingway-and-literary-agents/#comment-13 Meander Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:10:33 +0000 http://hemingwaywantabes.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-13 It was very fortunate for me really. I began writing here on the internet for support groups for parents who have children with autism. I was approached later to be in a documentary and then to contribute to a book about autism. I have always wanted to be a writer but I never actually purposefully set about to do this. Some of my other writings had been used in small publications as well. I feel almost guilty...so many people are working so hard to get published and without great intention this is what happened to me. But now...I do want to be published again. I am hungry. I do want this. I am finding out that writing is not just about writing. It most certainly is a business and I am terribly naive. So here I am trying to make sense of all of this and to learn as much as I can. It was very fortunate for me really. I began writing here on the internet for support groups for parents who have children with autism. I was approached later to be in a documentary and then to contribute to a book about autism. I have always wanted to be a writer but I never actually purposefully set about to do this. Some of my other writings had been used in small publications as well. I feel almost guilty…so many people are working so hard to get published and without great intention this is what happened to me. But now…I do want to be published again. I am hungry. I do want this. I am finding out that writing is not just about writing. It most certainly is a business and I am terribly naive. So here I am trying to make sense of all of this and to learn as much as I can.

]]> By: Mark Shaw http://authorwantabes.markshawbooks.net/2008/06/25/hemingway-and-literary-agents/#comment-11 Mark Shaw Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:43:09 +0000 http://hemingwaywantabes.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-11 Hooray for you. Terrific. Pleased to hear it. Perhaps you would like to share your experience so others may learn from you. This said, one way literary agents to assist is to help plan an author's career. If they are worth their salt, they know what publishers are looking for, and thus may guide a writer toward career choices that will be advantageous in the long run. If you have been traditionally published (not subsidy published - a scam if there ever was one), then agents will be barking at your door hoping that you may choose them to represent your book and the next one, etc. Remember, literary agents stay in business by selling books and they can't sell books if they don't have authors writing them. Agents need you, and welcome authors who are serious about their craft and the books they write. Hooray for you. Terrific. Pleased to hear it. Perhaps you would like to share your experience so others may learn from you.

This said, one way literary agents to assist is to help plan an author’s career. If they are worth their salt, they know what publishers are looking for, and thus may guide a writer toward career choices that will be advantageous in the long run. If you have been traditionally published (not subsidy published – a scam if there ever was one), then agents will be barking at your door hoping that you may choose them to represent your book and the next one, etc. Remember, literary agents stay in business by selling books and they can’t sell books if they don’t have authors writing them. Agents need you, and welcome authors who are serious about their craft and the books they write.

]]> By: Meander http://authorwantabes.markshawbooks.net/2008/06/25/hemingway-and-literary-agents/#comment-10 Meander Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:26:37 +0000 http://hemingwaywantabes.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-10 Hmmm...well I am published and without a literary agent. But perhaps I need one now for any future projects? I am glad to have found your site. Hmmm…well I am published and without a literary agent. But perhaps I need one now for any future projects? I am glad to have found your site.

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