tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post689253829405141400..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: What Agents DoJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-32113614019404595882013-05-25T07:57:37.300-04:002013-05-25T07:57:37.300-04:00We're a group of volunteers and opening a new ...We're a group of volunteers and opening a new scheme in our community. Your web site offered us with valuable information to work on. You have done an impressive job and our entire community will be thankful to you.<br /><br />Here is my web site: <a href="http://www.schoolclout.com/dir/link/15692" rel="nofollow">www.schoolclout.com</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-43226257801038447462013-04-18T16:26:38.582-04:002013-04-18T16:26:38.582-04:00Hi Elizabeth,
I violently agree with Sandra...and ...Hi Elizabeth,<br />I violently agree with Sandra...and beyond. Joe Konrath calls agents "gatekeepers." As the months pass, it's more true that today's agents limit themselves to giving the Big Four (I think it's four now) only what the publisher will consider "that sure thing," meaning, in particular, "No newbies, please."<br />I've heard the litanySteven M. Moorehttp://stevenmmoore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-46135244903551530282013-04-18T11:58:49.762-04:002013-04-18T11:58:49.762-04:00I meant agency commissions, not royalties. Those a...I meant agency commissions, not royalties. Those agency commissions are taken out of the writer's royalties.Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-4259319891616413762013-04-18T10:44:07.677-04:002013-04-18T10:44:07.677-04:00Some agents will do all that for established autho...Some agents will do all that for established authors, but it's getting harder to find agents who will take on unknown writers and work with them for months, or years, before making any money. Like publishers, they're looking more and more to the self-published e-book "slush pile" for writers who have been successful on their own and already have a following.<br /><br />I would Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com