Recently I spent two days sending queries to literary agents. Several hours of researching the agents and their agencies, composing query letters, enclosing requested materials, and sending out twenty-two e-mails. Most agents accept simultaneous submissions, but they also appreciate a personal touch, so researching whether we'd be right ( Read more... )

I wondered about the best way to start the New Year. I rarely drink--and if I didn't start drinking in 2020, I never will. I have no desire to see Miley Cyrus' Epiglottis on New Years Rockin' Eve (or whoever the most recent too young to be showing so much skin singer is).

What I do want in 2021 is to get published again.

So I plan to start ( Read more... )

It's quite a coincidence right after I spent time recently querying literary agents, but the focus of the last two weeks on 50 Authors From 50 States is indeed on agents, from Kansas and Louisiana:

https://annettesnyder.blogspot.com/2020/04/metamorphosis-literary-agency-of-olathe.html

https://annettesnyder.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-louisiana- ( Read more... )

As an author, searching for the right literary agent sucks.

I've been trying to find one that will be the right match for me, not just any warm body, so I spend a lot of time researching and seeking them out. Then I spend more time doing a search to make sure I haven't already queried them or their agency, since I've been on this hunt ever since I ( Read more... )

As you all know from my incessant harping about it, I have some major publishing news to announce first on my newsletter-as soon as I have ten new people sign up for the newsletter, which hasn’t been active much up until now. (The signup is over at www.markrhunter.com.) We’re about halfway there.

Because I’m comfortable with how things are ( Read more... )

Feeling that I’m not balancing enough in my life, I’ve sent a query and sample chapters of my YA humor/mystery novel, Red Is For Ick, to an agent. That makes six works I’ve got out making the rounds - three novels and three short stories - assuming one doesn’t come back by the time you read this.

Of course, only one - The Notorious ( Read more... )