Exposing the Secret Tactic That Got Me 8 Literary Agent Offers

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4 ай бұрын

If you are searching for a literary agent for your book, this is the tactic that helped me get 8 offers from literary agents in one month - and it goes against the conventional advice given to writers.
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@damalavanda Ай бұрын

This is the best advice I had for getting an agent

@arzabael 4 ай бұрын

It almost seems like the easiest way to get taken seriously is to say someone else is taking you seriously. Ya know? The way agents jump on a query if it’s for something that got an offer

@t0dd000 3 ай бұрын

Your book just became competitive with a timeline attached. I.e. it bumps your priority. Utterly logical. It's the same for any process that has a backlog.

@arzabael 3 ай бұрын

@@t0dd000 yes, pure utter logic. You can’t get much more accurate than that

@rowan7929 Ай бұрын

Always kept failing besides for the one who nearly accepted my work since it was the only personal one I have ever gotten. Interesting point about getting new agents. However, how can you tell? Sometimes there isn't anything written about them or have any kind of history or what authors they represent.

@1130becca 4 ай бұрын

Such excellent advice! I wish I'd watched your video before I signed with my agent. I was so tired of querying, and so thrilled to have an agent actually want to represent me, I made the huge mistake of signing with her on the spot without giving other agents a chance to move me to the front of the line. As you've guessed, that agent didn't work out. (After rewriting the manuscript for her, I waited over seven more months, and she still had gotten around to reading it. I realized then that she probably never would.) So I'm back in the query trenches, a little sadder but wiser.

@laurenkaywrites 3 ай бұрын

That sounds SO frustrating. I'm so glad you're keeping your head up and not letting it get you down!

@davidmackie3497 2 ай бұрын

The lesson I'd learn from your experience is "don't sign with an agent who hasn't read your book." If your first chapter doesn't excite them enough to read the book, how much effort will they put into getting you a publishing deal?

@ccormore 4 ай бұрын

Dumb question: how do I know someone is a newer agent? Where is it written? I queried (unsuccessfully) over a year ago, and I remember struggling to actually find new agents. All I could find on literary agency websites were well-established ones.

@laurenkaywrites 3 ай бұрын

You can check on Publisher's Marketplace how many deals they've done! I also sometimes do some stalking of their graduation year etc on LinkedIn, lol

@TheEccentricRaven 4 ай бұрын

Good advice, thanks. I have my dream agents in mind, but I know they aren’t always open to queries. I hope someday to go to a conference and meet agents, a lot of whom are junior agents. I'll be sure to give them a chance.

@laurenkaywrites 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like you've got a great plan in place :)