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FINDING YOUR INNER AGENT
Shall I comp thee to a summer's day?
May 18
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YOUR AGENT SECRET
Your Inner Agent
May 10
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Ivan Mulcahy
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The Marriage of Creativity and Commerce
Where Creative meets Business
May 3
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Ivan Mulcahy
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DISCLAIMER
Anything you read in these newsletters is our thinking or opinion at the time of writing. What we say has nothing to do with our colleagues at the…
Mar 22
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Ivan Mulcahy
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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?
Mar 22
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Ivan Mulcahy
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Why do I need to keep editing my manuscript through various drafts before it’s sold to an actual editor at a publishing house?
Mar 15
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Ivan Mulcahy
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Questionable Question No. 7
How can literary agents either ignore my submission completely or send me the briefest rejection email?
Mar 8
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Ivan Mulcahy
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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?
Mar 1
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Ivan Mulcahy
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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?
Feb 22
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Ivan Mulcahy
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Questionable Questions No. 4
Why are there so many second-rate books published?
Feb 16
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Ivan Mulcahy
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How come there are so many badly written books published?
Feb 7
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Ivan Mulcahy
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Questionable Question No. 2
Don’t agents feel stupid they rejected a manuscript that later became a huge success?
Jul 27, 2022
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