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gayesanders @gayesanders
#okscbwichat @LindaRandom What is at the top of your wish list?That's tough, since I like so many things and don't want to pigeonhole myself. A YA Western perhaps...(1/?) #okscbwichat
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Timothy Lange @TJ_Lange
Do you represent illustrators? #okscbwichatI represent author-illustrators, yes. #okscbwichat
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Linda Camacho @LindaRandom
@litbeing ...then thankfully, I landed at Random House and stayed for 5 years before I moved to agenting in 2015...(4/?) #okscbwichat...It was my time at Writers House that made me think of agenting down the line, so I was lucky! (5/5) #okscbwichat
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Linda Camacho @LindaRandom
@litbeing ...so I took anything I could get--internships at Random House, Simon & Schuster, Writers House literary...(3/?) #okscbwichat...then thankfully, I landed at Random House and stayed for 5 years before I moved to agenting in 2015...(4/?) #okscbwichat
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Linda Camacho @LindaRandom
@litbeing ...to pursue other things, but I quickly missed publishing. I tried to get back in 2008 (oh, recession)...(2/?) #okscbwichat...so I took anything I could get--internships at Random House, Simon & Schuster, Writers House literary...(3/?) #okscbwichat
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Linda Camacho @LindaRandom
@litbeing I started out on the adult side at Penguin in 2005. It was my first job out of college. I then left briefly...(1/?) #okscbwichat...to pursue other things, but I quickly missed publishing. I tried to get back in 2008 (oh, recession)...(2/?) #okscbwichat
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Valerie Lawson @litbeing
@LindaRandom Please tell us how you got into children's publishing? What drew you to becoming a literary agent? #okscbwichatI started out on the adult side at Penguin in 2005. It was my first job out of college. I then left briefly...(1/?) #okscbwichat
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Valerie Lawson @litbeing
@agentkristinNLA Why is it so difficult? What mistakes do you see w/this? #okscbwichat#MG so difficult as adult writers talk down to young readers, don't havecomplex enough story. Underestimate reader. #okscbwichat
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Lisa Marie Hagerman @lmHagerman
@agentkristinNLA Ma'am, do you require a novel synopsis? I read you did not, but I want to double check. #okscbwichatNope to synopsis. Hate them. Don't read them. #okscbwichat
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Desi D @DesiDwriter1
@agentkristinNLA how many books for a newbie author writing a fantasy series should be written before querying an agent? #okscbwichatOne. If we can't sell that, the others won't matter! #okscbwichat
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Hot #MG. Everything. Editors always hungry for good stories So hard to find writers who nail that voice. Magic when happens #okscbwichat
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Hot now in #YA Editors still readingt Fantasy. Has to stand out. SF. Bring it. I have @Scott_Thought #Nyxia releasing Sept. #okscbwichat
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Kristin Nelson @agentkristinNLA
@comicbookjer Great Q. Publishers are eager for graphic novel originals. Bring it on. Can't say I'm expert tho #okscbwichatHot now in YA. Contemporary stories/don't need major illness tho. #okscbwichat
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THE Jerry Bennett @comicbookjer
@agentkristinNLA, have you seen a good #graphicnovel manuscript? #okscbwichatGreat Q. Publishers are eager for graphic novel originals. Bring it on. Can't say I'm expert tho #okscbwichat
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Valerie Lawson @litbeing
@agentkristinNLA You had some interesting thoughts ab/the Hero's Journey being not-so-helpful for novelist. Please discuss. #okscbwichatOh that was not me! but my author client @gailcarriger LOL Am always looking for new way to tell that story #okscbwichat
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Chris Monson @cm_monson
#okscbwichat @agentkristinNLA Q: Are publishers hesitant to take on new authors in the current market? What helps? What hinders?heck no! Especially not when coming from me. LOL Just sold debut YA author at auction today #okscbwichat
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Kim Ventrella @kimventrella
When do you sell most foreign rights? Around the time of initial US sale, or later (post pub)? Or just varies? @agentkristinNLA #okscbwichatOften foreign pub wait and see. Just did Japan auction for author series out years. But sold TV. Then interest #okscbwichat
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Kim Ventrella @kimventrella
When do you sell most foreign rights? Around the time of initial US sale, or later (post pub)? Or just varies? @agentkristinNLA #okscbwichatGreat Q! Have done both! If hot auction/high $, will sell a lot immediately. But I've also sold much at on pub #okscbwichat
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Valerie Lawson @litbeing
@agentkristinNLA You mentioned prologues are often not needed and/or misused. Can they be used effectively? Any good examples? #okscbwichatExamples? Check out some of your fav writers. They have all done one at one time I imagine. 😀 #okscbwichat