Jessica Faust
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BookEnds Literary Agency
President & founder of BookEnds Literary Agency, author advocate, optimist, & professional pain in the ass. Runs on coffee, wine, & kettlebells. She/Her
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When Your Book Crosses Genres--can you pitch a book is all genres? #askagent #amquerying bookendsliterary.com/2019/07/30/whe…
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How Long is Too Long -- Another discussion about query length #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/07/25/the…
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Preparing for Your Pitch Session #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/07/24/pre…
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The Value of Sample Pages in a Query and how an agent reads them #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/07/23/sam…
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How Agents and Editors View Revisions #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/07/09/how…
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I've been deep in the revision trenches this week so it's no surprise that this week's video is about how much input authors have in revisions. youtu.be/Rx8Fb2R_eUs #askagent
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Rules for Submitting Memoir #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/07/03/rul…
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I Write Nonfiction--Is My Platform Strong Enough? #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/07/02/pla…
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The Ethical Question of Conference Fees #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/06/12/the…
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The prohibitive cost of conferences. #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/06/11/the…
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Balancing Your Writing with Promotion and Social Media #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/06/04/bal…
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Keeping Up with a Rapidly Changing Publishing Market #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/05/30/a-r…
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Defining what makes good social media. #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/05/28/def…
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The Rules of Re-Querying Agents--Should You or Shouldn't You #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/05/23/re-…
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How would you categorize a "Unique" Novel that doesn't seem to fit in with any genre? #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/05/21/cat…
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Shana Schwarz @shanaschwarz
@bookendslit @BookEndsJessica Is it appropriate to mention future projects in a query to help give agents a feel for where we plan to go? Even if those projects aren't fully realized yet? I love this and thanks!If the book you're pitching is part of a series you can mention that you envision a series, but I would suggest keeping the focus of the pitch on the book you are pitching. #askagent
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🌼Clementine🌼 @clemmiegirlnz
@BookEndsJessica That is surprising!Can I just clarify - is that requested extra pages/full MS from a query sent to you, or a requested query/pages from a pitch?
Typically non-responders are more commonly from nonfiction queries than from fiction queries. In this case, there's a mix of both. The requests are for proposals for NF and fulls for F & based on the query. #askagent
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How the baggage from your previous agent experience impacts your ability to find a new agent. #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/04/23/the…
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Do authors ever have to pay back their advance? #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/04/11/pay…
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How Much to Reveal in Your Query #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/04/09/wil…