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.

Authors throughout cyberspace heard her call and responded in their blogs and on Twitter.

thanks to karen bc

Negative information about agents is sometimes more prominent than the positive, so I found it wonderful to read all the appreciation that came out for literary agents in celebration of this day. On Twitter, there were even comments by people who were not clients of a specific agent, but tweeted how the agent had helped them out in some way.

Following the #agentappreciationday and #agentappreciation topics on Twitter is also a fabulous way to research agents.

If the agent is on Twitter, you will see their ID (@whatever), which you can then click on to see their Twitter page. Agents often link to their agency or their blog in the top right corner of their Twitter page. Which means following those topics is also a great way to research literary agencies.

Because even if the agent you find on Twitter does not represent what you write, another agent at that same agency might.

Ray Vecchio: Elaine, we really appreciate you.
- Due South, Chinatown, 1.6

Dec 17, 2009

Tags: agent appreciation  |  twitter

Categories: agents & editors & publishing | social networking