Short Saturday: The Book Is the Thing

Since the beginning of this year, publishing thought leader Jane Friedman has offered an interview series called 5 On. Each discussion is conducted by author Chris Jane, who “asks established, traditionally published authors and experienced self-published authors five...

Short Saturday: An Agent’s List Is Never Full

We’ve been talking about literary agents this week—what they do, what they don’t do—and my friends at Books & Such Literary Management can tell you a lot more about that than I can. In this post, Janet Grant lets us in on a secret: in spite of what you may think,...

You, Me, and Literary Agents

Some time ago I got an email from an unsigned author I’d worked with years before: I would like to hire you to look over my much-fretted-over query and synopsis and give me your feedback. Also, I would like you to critique the first five pages of the manuscript since...