Agent Appreciation Day
AKA Agent Research
Kody Keplinger, the 18 year old author of The Duff which will come out in Fall 2010, has declared December 11th the unoffical Agent Appreciation Day.
Kody Keplinger, the 18 year old author of The Duff which will come out in Fall 2010, has declared December 11th the unoffical Agent Appreciation Day.
As you know, money flows to the writer. Whether it’s a novel or a short story, authors are paid for their words.
People within an industry treat each other with respect. They are there to do business, which, when done well, benefits all parties involved.
You may have heard the online volcano erupt last week when Harlequin announce their new endeavor named Harlequin Horizons.
I just spent the past hour with author Shannon K. Butcher, Jia Gayles from the Knight Agency, and over thirty other people in an online chat.
I hear this mentioned at every writing convention I’ve gone to, usually when the topic of vanity presses, Publish America, or self-publishing comes up. It is the most important thing to understand about being a professional writer.
How much writing advice can you really get in 140 characters? If you have professional authors and agents and editors and publishing houses tweeting … quite a bit, actually.