Wow, I just learned today, via Twitter of all things, of fellow agent Ralph Vicinanza’s passing.  According to Locus, he died suddenly Sunday night of a cerebral aneurysm.  I started my career at Spectrum Literary Agency, which then and for many years afterward shared office space with Ralph Vicinanza and his agency.  He was an amazing man.  Not ( Read more... )

I get asked at conferences all the time what a day in the life of a literary agent is like.  Well, there's no such thing as a typical day, and to prove it, here's my approximate schedule from about mid-day yesterday through just-now today, which should give you a pretty good sense of some of the usual.

Thursday:

1:45 post office run (returning ( Read more... )