It was not by his will that he entered that horrible death-filled place. No, not his, he who would rather burn alive than return to the place that took from him his most dear, his wife and only son, the place that sucked the life out of his parents, and sent them back to the ground from which they came. He hated that…

From The McVeigh Agency–Founded by Mark McVeigh.

Here’s what they’re looking for now.…

What’s Leonard’s secret to being both popular and respectable?…

By Noah Lukeman, President of Lukeman Literary Management

A reader asked:

"I'm a little confused...my manuscript has been back and forth to my agent now for almost a year and a half with only positive and encouraging verbal feedback, but no written reports. I have now sent the second book after the agent says he wanted to see it, but feedback is still having to be prompted. The agent only reads exclusively, so I just don't know what to do. Is it normal…

One of the primary questions my clients ask when I first sign them to the agency is "How should I expect to communicate with you?" This is a GREAT question by the way, and one that should always be addressed in a new agent-client relationship.



While each agent will have their own preferences, I believe most of them have the same general philosophy as I do:

1. Email is…

Susan Hawk of the Bent Agency has been added to the Agent Listing of AGENT INSIDER

Susan's looking for young adult and middle grade books; non-fiction…

The science fiction and fantasy imprint Pyr is now accepting unagented submissions in a few select subgenres: epic fantasy, sword & sorcery, and contemporary/urban fantasy. They will not be accepting unagented manuscripts in the genres of horror, science fiction, or slipstream, nor do they seek short story collections, anthologies, novellas or nonfiction.



Pyr is an imprint at Prometheus Books

Pyr® publishes only science fiction and fantasy novels. We are not…

I was looking through some old papers and I found a poem I wrote last year. Its not that great but if yall could read it and give me some read back that'd be great:) I know i need to work on the grammer and puncuation and probably wording and all that jazz but yea here it is:)

Please and Thank You:)<3…

Part III in our EXCLUSIVE article by editor, Teresa Kennedy!

DON’T preach, teach. Nobody wants to pick up a novel and get a morality tale, and teenagers least of all. In this age group, rebellion is the name of the game and life itself is one big Declaration of Independence. When writing for a teen audience, it’s important to respect that. Your readers need to be allowed to grow and experience right along with your characters and to find their own way with…

So you might have heard that the Indianapolis Colts lost the Super Bowl, and, naturally, that begs us to address the question…



Should we do away with YA literature?



Okay, one has absolutely nothing to do with the other and it was a terrible segue; however, we never promised everything we do here at WMLA would make sense. We are in publishing, after all.



HA HA.



Seriously, though, there have been some changes in the industry that have made this a viable…

Formatting Guidelines by Jessica Faust from BookEnds, LLC

I recently received a partial request (first fifty pages) from a legitimate agency, but the submission guidelines and personal request never stated if the partial should be double or single spaced to include the exact fifty pages. I wanted to know if I should double space the pages just in case, since I am sending them off via mail per the agent’s request, or single space to include the actual fifty…

http://www.genreality.net/more-on-the-reality-of-a-times-bestseller

November 6th, 2009 by LViehl

This is a reality check for Authors with unrealistic expectations of what authors are paid and the benefits of being an author.

Back in April…

Agents Aren’t a Magic Bullet

by Mary Kole, of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency



A reader asked this:

Lately I’ve been reading some blogs written by authors out on submission, and they talk about how landing representation was only the first of many hurdles. I am wondering, do you have any sense of how many AGENTED writers never go on to get published? Either with their first project or succeeding ones?…