Writers' & Artists' Guide to How to Hook an Agent (Paperback)

James Rennoldson

ISBN 10: 1472970071 / ISBN 13: 9781472970077

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2020

About this Item

Paperback. The W&A Guide to How to Hook an Agent is the definitive guide to putting together a manuscript submission and attracting the attention of a literary agent.Structured around a series of real-life questions raised at Writers & Artists successful How to Hook an Agent events, this lively and accessible Q&A guide provides everything an unpublished writer needs to know about seeking the representation of a literary agent. Full of practical detail and examples of good and bad practice, it covers: Responses to over 180 questions asked by writers about getting an agent How to research and approach an agent The key ingredients of a submission How to draft a successful covering letter What to expect when working with an agent The agent-publisher relationship Contracts, rights and royaltiesThis unique guide is suitable for writers of fiction and non-fiction and writing across different genres and age ranges. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writers' & Artists' Guide to How to Hook an Agent (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472970071
• ISBN 13: 9781472970077
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

How to Hook An Agent is the definitive guide to putting together a manuscript submission and attracting the (positive) attention of a literary agent.

This book is for authors who chip away at their work in their lunch hour, by candlelight, at laptops and desktops or on the back of supermarket receipts but, crucially,--whether working on contemporary crime fiction or literary memoir--for writers looking to have their story read on a larger scale. Authors who want to leave their footprint on the publishing world by having their book in stores, advertised at bus stops, studied at universities, discussed by reading groups and reviewed in magazines. If you're one of these writers, this book is for you.

With practical examples (e.g. good and bad covering letters, elevator pitches) and comments throughout from some of the UK's leading agents, it answers all the questions a budding writer across all genres might ask.

Developed in tandem with the highly successful W&A "How to Hook An Agent" lunches, the book is structured around a series of real-life questions that have been repeatedly raised at these events over the last five years and the advice that agents have given in response.

About the Author

James Rennoldson has a degree in Journalism and English Literature from the University of Central Lancashire and a MA in Novel Writing from Brunel University. He is the Senior Digital Product Manager for Writers & Artists in which role he has developed and added to the number and success of events and courses that W&A offer to our ever-expanding and loyal community of writers and readers.