Juliet Mushens
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Mushens Entertainment
Literary agent at @MushensEnt, sartorialist and cat wrangler. Wartime consigliere. Pollyanna-ish. Generally heard before I'm seen. Bend and SNAP.
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Darren @DarrenHodge1
#askagent do you have any advice for people looking to apply for agent assistant roles?research their list as much as possible and tailor your approach - I've had many applications where they don't reference a single client of mine, or their favourite genres are ones I don't rep #askagent
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Jawahara @Jawahara
@mushenska @TwistyGirl88 I've always wanted to ask this :-). What does it actually mean to "fall in love" with a book? I get that it's different for different individual agents. So, how do you see it for yourself? #askagentFor me: am I desperate to find out what happens? Is the voice compelling? Do I stop doing everything else (e.g. sleeping ha ha) in order to keep reading? Do I want to tell everyone I know about it? #askagent
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Jan Carr @jancarr
What’s the point of submitting to an agent now in april 2020 when some big publishers are cutting back their operation and some agents holding back subs why not just go ahead and self publish? ( ref a publishers weekly article) #askagentI'm still submitting and editors are still buying books - if you want to self-publish I'd do so regardless of the current pandemic, but if you want to be stocked in bookstores etc I'd try agents #askagent
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Ben Ross @flyraccoonfly
How do you feel about comp titles that aren't recent or aren't even novels? Would being told that something has 'a good dose of Press Gang' help you understand what it was, or make you think it's way out of date? #askagentha ha I would get that reference but not everyone would I imagine #askagent
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The Prosecco Diaries @Sairey_bearey
@jounwin Would you not read a pitch if the title was awful, or a 'working title' - or no title at all yet? #AskAgenta good title helps but I don't judge a book by a title as it could be changed! #askagent
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sjtownend @sjtownend
@jounwin If an agency rejected a submission but saw that said novel was doing quite well with zero promotion - just ambling along on Amazon via word of mouth and the odd social media tweet, would an agency ever change their mind?I wouldn't - there are certainly novels I reject which go on to perform well, but it's about my own taste and love of the manuscript. #askagent
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Annie Barber @AnnieBarber1973
#askagent is the publishing industry telling you what it's looking for at the moment?yes! escapist seems to be popular #askagent
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Beatrice Anobah @anobah_beatrice
@mushenska my book has a friends to lovers trope, where shld tropes be included in the cover letter? In the blurb? Or listed with the book themes? Or not at all? Thx! #askagentI probably wouldn't mention it - I'd focus on making the blurb as strong as it could be instead #askagent
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Nick Raistrick @nick_raistrick
@jounwin So, I wrote a (non-fiction, travel) book. My agent vanished and I indie-published end 2019: excellent learning experience, a few good reviews, but still not selling loads. Working on new book. Do I send potential agents the old book? Or focus on new pitch? #askagent ...thanks!I'd say focus on new pitch #askagent
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Dave Lawrie @ConstructGlue
How far apart are the statements "I love this book" and "I can sell this book" for an agent? I imagine not as far apart as some might think? #askagentfor me it's the same thing - if I love it I presume I can sell it #askagent
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Dr. Barbara | Historical Advisor @adoptanovel
@jounwin #askagent When you pitch fiction: include marketing ideas, yes or no?no - that's the publisher's job! #askagent
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Sarah is staying home 🌈💜 @Sarah_Schygulla
Do you generally pass on manuscripts internally if you feel it doesn’t fit your list but it might fit a colleague‘s?I had a full being passed internally at one agency and now I’m unsure whether to query other agents at agencies where the queried agent passed. #AskAgent
most agencies (not all, but most) say a pass from one agent is a pass from all agents - if it was strong but not right for me I'd pass it internally #askagent
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Craig Smith @Smicht
@mushenska Thanks for the reply. Further to that, how long would you give it before telling the author that it's maybe time to stick it in a drawer and begin work on something else? Asking for a... erm... friend.I think start working on something else write away - a good distraction and then means you have something ready to go if the other novel is parked #askagent
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J.C. Chang @concrete_roads
@mushenska @julietpickering Hello! As UK based agents, do you take on a lot of North American clients & do your clients normally get UK pub deals first? Wondering which side of the ocean is ideal to be querying on as a confused Canadian or if it doesn’t matter! #askagentI rep people from all over but my primary market is the U.K. so if you want to be published in the US and have a strong American sensibility probably best to query there #askagent
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Mark Lowes @MJLAuthor
Is it business as usual? Has the submissions side of your work delayed somewhat due to current issues?#AskAgent
It is and it isn’t! I have had some publications delayed, and some publishing staff furloughed - mostly the same! #askagent
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Tess Thorne @Tess_Author
My first novel is part of a 3 book series- how much do I mention that in the pitch? A synopsis of the other 2 books too? How long should the synopsis be? #AskAgentJust focus on book 1 with a line saying you have 2 other books planned #askagent
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