Carly Watters
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P.S. Literary Agency
SVP & Senior Lit Agent @PSLiterary MA in Publishing Studies @CityUniLondon Co-host of @TSNOTYAW VP of Professional Assoc. of Canadian Literary Agents
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#askPSLA tips for querying multi-book sff series? not a good plan for 1st-time author, or do-able?@the_bookshelf_m pitch 1 book and say "series potential" we have to love book 1 first #askPSLA
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J. Marcus Xavier @JMarcusXavier
#askPSLA if you are a first time writer, where do you start on the agent search? Is there a master list and you go down it? Total newbie...@JMarcusXavier @WritersDigest has a book you can buy or get from the library that's a list of agents #askPSLA
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TE Carter @TECarter7
#askPSLA If the story is a sort of mystery, and you're building slowly, do you reveal in query or hope it works?@TECarter7 @CurtisPSLA is probably better for this one #askPSLA
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Daniel Best @LeftNWriteBrain
#askPSLA Is referencing a TV Show or Movie, in addition to a novel, for comparisons the death knell for a query? #amwriting #querytip@LeftNWriteBrain it's ok to mention anything from pop culture really #askPSLA
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Naomi @NayWrites
You know we revise query letters like crazy! Acceptable time between stinky query letter #1 and sparkly query letter #2? #askPSLA #askagent@NayWrites hmmmm 3-6 months if there was no request #askPSLA
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@PanaMarufu depends on where the market is for your book. want an agent that knows your market #askPSLA
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Danielle @dmarie116
#askPSLA if rejected on a full then revise significantly, can u re-query agent who read full if there was no R&R request or bad idea?@dmarie116 not a bad idea just likely won't get you anywhere, but you never know #askPSLA
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Julianne Douglas @WritingRen
@carlywatters Would new agt represent an unsold ms that was on sub eight years earlier, or is book dead forever? #askPSLA@WritingRen not dead forever! But we like writers to work on multiple books, so we want to see new ideas too #askPSLA
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Kaily Snider @Kaily_Snides
What is easier to market YA or NA? #askPSLA this is awesome by the way! love the ask agent stuff!@Kaily_Snides if you're doing it right both are good categories #askPSLA
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@Kaily_Snides it's pretty long! On the borders. Might be ok. I don't rep SFF so I'm not the best judge #askPSLA
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Jennie Booth @JennieWrites
#askPSLA In a chapter book query, is it better to focus on 1st book only or also include entire series details as most chap bks are series?@JennieWrites pitch 1 book & add"series outline available upon request" make sure it's clear that there is a character to carry it #askPSLA
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@Kaily_Snides nothing comes to mind. #askPSLA
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Rob Nugent @Rob_ismyname
#askpsla Do you ever represent self-published novels? Would you be more likely to if there were an unpublished sequel to work with?@Rob_ismyname I don't resell self pubbed books but if an author wants a hybrid (self and trad) career I can help #askPSLA