Saturday, March 30, 2013

Agents

Read 2 Samuel 13-15

2 Samuel 15:34 "But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel."

Agents help the writer-publisher relationship by being a go-between. They help writers get the best deal possible and handle the contract and business end so writers can concentrate on writing.

They help the editors by weeding out manuscripts so they are only presented with the best that is out there. Agents make sure whatever they submit is the type of manuscript the publishing house is looking for.

We may not be able to get an agent until we find an editor interested in our work, but it’s a good use of our time to try. We would treat submissions to potential agents as carefully as we submit to editors.

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