Jessica Alvarez
Literary Agent
BookEnds Literary Agency
Senior literary agent and Foreign Rights Manager, @BookEndsLit . Former editor. Looking for adult fiction and nonfiction. She/her
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TracyMarchini @TracyMarchini
@YogaChickie Not at all. Your voice in first person is still voice. More important is -- is this the right POV for this story? #BookEndsChatThat was the perfect answer. I couldn’t figure out how to say that succinctly. #BookEndsChat
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Lauren Cahn @LaurenCahn
#BookEndsChat Does writing in 1P pov make it difficult to assess the author's actual voice?I’d say not exactly. I don’t think everyone can do 1st, so if it doesn’t suit your voice, it could be misleading. #BookEndsChat
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Meg Frye @Meg_Frye
How can I make it clear that a story with a teen protagonist is not YA? Would anyone even read such a thing? #BookEndsChatTell us what you’re pitching it as and give us relevant comps. The Lovely Bones had a teen protag but wasn’t YA. #BookEndsChat
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Rose Phillips @roserambles1
I am writing the 2nd of 3, maybe 4, interconnected novels (not sequels). At what point in process do you want to know that? #bookendschatStart by telling me in the query that there’s series potential. I’ll ask for more details when the time is right #BookEndsChat
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@parmita_ I carry my Kindle with me everywhere and read submissions whenever I have a few quiet minutes. #BookEndsChat
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Rona Go @authorronago
#BookEndsChat What to do if your agent doesn't like another work which is of another genre you have? Go for two agents?@authorronago You have to have a frank talk with your agent about that. #BookEndsChat
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Jaclyn Reiswig @jaclynreiswig
#BookEndsChat If an agent passes on your full ms & you take their advice in rewrite, ok to re-query? Or a big no-no? Assuming no-no.@jaclynreiswig I don’t think it hurts to requery, but I’d judge it on a case-by-case basis. #BookEndsChat
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Stephen Kozeniewski @outfortune
Always wondered: do agents have "one that got away" regrets? Or is it hard to even remember someone queried HARRY POTTER, etc?#BookEndsChat
@outfortune There are a few I regret letting get away. And not all the ones I regret have gone on to be published. #BookEndsChat
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Sayword B. Eller @saybeller
@BookEndsKim, I do everything the hard way! R u less likely to sign authors who self-published past works? Or does it matter? #BookEndsChat@saybeller I’m less likely to take on book that's prev self-published but doesn’t matter to me if the author has self-pubbed #BookEndsChat
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Tamara Girardi @TamaraGirardi
Do you do this chat on a regular basis? Or announce randomly? #BookEndsChat@TamaraGirardi We’re hoping to do them more frequently, but we announce randomly. #BookEndsChat
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Kelly Arnold @kklstef
What can new writers, as a community, do to improve the process and minimize the extraneous stuff in querying? (2/2) #BookEndsChat@kklstef I’m not sure that there is anything to do besides educating yourself on what makes a good query. #BookEndsChat
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@parmita_ Focus on another project. #BookEndsChat
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Jessica Faust @BookEndsJessica
@kklstef it differs from agency to agency. At BookEnds each agent can make her own decision #BookEndsChat@BookEndsJessica @kklstef Yes, though sometimes we do get second reads from other agents. #BookEndsChat
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Tamara Girardi @TamaraGirardi
What is the highest number of rejections you've heard an author receive before signing with an agent? #BookEndsChat@TamaraGirardi I really don’t know. Writers probably share that more with each other than they do with agents. #BookEndsChat
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@parmita_ It may just mean you haven’t found the right person yet. #BookEndsChat
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@ninjahuggie It doesn’t hurt to ask, but your voice is probably something that wouldn’t change in a rewrite. #BookEndsChat
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Janet Frost🎄❄️🎄❄️ @janflora
Relate Q: How beneficial are pitch contests? Do agents like them as much as we do? I learn a lot, for sure. @BookEndsJessica #BookEndsChat@janflora Personally, I hate Twitter pitch contests—I need more than 140 characters. But ones on websites can be fun. #BookEndsChat