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YOUR AGENT SECRET
Your Inner Agent
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The Marriage of Creativity and Commerce
Where Creative meets Business
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Questionable Question No. 9
I’ve already been offered a book deal directly by a publisher. Why should I involve a literary agent now and pay 15% of the deal to them?
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Questionable Question No. 8
Why do I need to keep editing my manuscript through various drafts before it’s sold to an actual editor at a publishing house?
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Questionable Question No. 7
How can literary agents either ignore my submission completely or send me the briefest rejection email?
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Questionable Question No. 6
What should I write to a literary agent to ensure they pay close attention to my book submission?
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Questionable Question No. 5
How come my agent told me my book would never sell but a similar one has just been published?
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Questionable Questions No. 4
Why are there so many second-rate books published?
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Questionable Question No. 3
How come there are so many badly written books published?
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Questionable Question No. 2
Don’t agents feel stupid they rejected a manuscript that later became a huge success?
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